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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BGR/15
8 September 2003
(03-4667)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BULGARIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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):  Rabbit meat and farmed game meat for human consumption
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
All countries
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Ordinance No. 18 of
15 May 2002. on the Veterinary and Sanitary Requirements to the Production and Placingon the Market of Rabbit Meat and Farmed Game Meat (promulgated in State Gazette
No. 55 of 4 June 2002;  10 pages, available in Bulgarian and English)
6. Description of content:  The ordinance lays down the veterinary and sanitary requirements
for:
• establishments producing rabbit meat and farmed game meat;
• production and placing on the market of rabbit meat and farmed game meat.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] 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:  Council Directive
91/495/EEC of 27 November 1990 Concerning P ublic Health and Animal Health Problems
Affecting the Production and Placing on the Market of Rabbit Meat and Farmed Game
Meat (available in English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   4 June 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  4 June 2002G/SPS/N/BGR/15
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12. Final date for comments:
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:
National Veterinary Service
15A Pencho Slaveikov Blvd.
1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 2 952 1345
fax: +359 2 954 9593
E-mail:  Galia.Kostadinova@nvms.government.bg
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
National Veterinary Service
15A Pencho Slaveikov Blvd.1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 2 952 1345
fax: +359 2 954 9593
E-mail:  Galia.Kostadinova@nvms.government.bg