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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BLR/3
10 July 2002
(02-3838)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Bread, bread products and confectionery
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Sanitary Rules and
Norms "Production of bread, bread products a nd confectionery" (39 pages, available in
Russian)
6. Description of content:  Hygienic requirements for enterprises manufacturing bread, bread
products and confectionery.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft Sanitary Rules
and Norms "Production of bread, bread products and confectionery"  (Available in Russian)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  1 October 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 December 2002
12. Final date for comments:  5 September 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:G/SPS/N/BLR/3
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13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
The Republican Centre of Hygiene and Epidemiology
50 Kazintsa Str.,
Minsk 220099Republic of Belarus
Tel:  (37517) 277 4943
Fax:  (37517) 278 4207
E-mail:  hygiene@rcge.belpak.minsk.by