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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/GEO/5
28 April 1999
(99-1720)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   GEORGIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture and Food
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable).
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Pests,
weeds or agents causing  plant disease, whic h are not spread in the country, are subject to
official control, since their proliferati on could cause significant economic damage.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft  Amendments to the Law of
Georgia on Agricultural Quarantine (2 pages)
5. Description of content:  Law on Agricultural Quarantine regulates agricultural quarantine
measures in the territory of Georgia
6. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety  [  ] animal health [ X ] plant protection
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease  [  ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
7. An international standa rd, guideline or recommendati on does not exist [ X ].
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Law is available in
both Georgian and unofficial English translation
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 March 1999
10. Proposed date of entry into force:
11. Final date for comments:
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [  ] National notification authority,
[ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:G/SPS/N/GEO/5
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12. Texts available from:  [  ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Georgian SPS Enquiry Point:
Coordinator:  Levan Chiteishvili
Room 328, Ministry of Agriculture and Food41 Kostava St.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel/Fax:  (995 32) 33 48 37
E-mail address:  sps_levan@access.sanet.ge