WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/HUN/14
2 April 2002
(02-1640)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  HUNGARY
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s)  as specified in national schedules deposited
with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provi ded in addition, where applicable).  All food of
animal origin, feedingstuffs and pet food except fishery products (excluding crustaceans) caught,frozen and packed in their final packaging at sea.   Regions or countries like ly to be affected, to the
extent relevant or practicable:  China, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Thailand, United Kingdom and the
United Arab Emirates
4. Title and number of pages of  the notified document:  Announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development No 8319/2002 of 7 February 2002 as amended by the announcementNo. 8319/1/2002 of 18 March 2002 (2+1 pages)
5. Description of content:  Enhanced certification and testing requirements.
6. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from other
damage from pests           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  Presence of chloramphenicol in the above-mentioned products.
8. An international standard, guideline or recomme ndation does not exist [  X ].
If an international st andard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate reference
and briefly identify deviations:           
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Announcement of the Ministry
of Agriculture and Rural Development No 8319/2002 of 7 February 2002 as amended by theannouncement No. 8319/1/2002 of 18 March 2002 (Available both in English and Hungarian)
10. Date of entry into fo rce/period of applicat ion (as applicable):  Immediate
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and
E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development
Department of International Relations1055 Budapest Kossuth tér 11, HungaryTel:  (36 1) 301 4661Fax:  (36 1) 301 4662
The announcements are also available at: http://www.fvm.hu/