WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/91
9 September 1998
(98-3419)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NATIONAL NOTIFICATION AUTHORITY
Note by the Secretariat
The present document contains a list of names, addresses, telephone and telefax numbers of
the national notification authority foreseen in Paragraph 10 of Annex B of the Agreement, assubmitted to the Secretariat as of 4 September 1998.
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Antigua and Barbuda
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Trade
P.O. Box 1550Redcliffe Street
St. John's
Telephone: + (809) 462 16 26/28
462 15 42
Telefax: + (809) 462 16 25
Argentina
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca y Alimentación
Dirección Nacional de Mercados AgroalimentariosPaseo Colón 922, Oficina 40
1063 Buenos Aires
Telephone: + (541) 349 22 42/349 22 43
Telefax: + (541) 349 22 44
Australia
Director
Development and Evaluation Division
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
GPO Box 858
Canberra, ACT
Telephone: + (616) 272 55 84
Telefax: + (616) 272 33 99G/SPS/GEN/91
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Belize
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture
Belmopan
Belize
Telephone: + (5018) 22 330
Telefax: + (5018) 22 409
Bolivia
Dirección Nacional de Producción y Protección Agrícola
Av. Camacho nÿ 1471, Piso 5La Paz
Telephone: + (5912) 37 42 68/37 42 70
 interno 126
Telefax: + (5912) 35 75 35
Botswana
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture
Private Bag 003
Gaborone
Telephone: + (267) 350 500
Telefax: + (267) 356 027
Brazil
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária (SDA)
Ministério da Agricultura e da Reforma Agrária (MAARA)Esplanada dos Ministérios
Bloco "B", anexo "B", sala 406
Brasília - DF - 70.170
Telephone: + (5561) 218 23 14/218 23 15
Telefax: + (5561) 224 39 95G/SPS/GEN/91
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Brunei Darussalam
International Relations and Trade and Development Division
Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources
Telephone: + (6732) 38 28 22
Telefax: + (6732) 38 28 46/38 38 11
Bulgaria
For measures in the field of animal or plant health:
Ms. Kristina Guirguinova
Ms. Verginia Mintcheva
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Land Reform
55 "Hristo Botev" Blvd.
1040-Sofia
Telephone: + (3592) 980 38 92
Telefax: + (3592) 510 785
For measures in the field of human health:
Dr. Michael Popov
Ministry of Health
5 "Sveta Nedelya" Square
1000 Sofia
Telephone: + (359 2) 981 57 25
Telefax: + (359 2) 883 413
Canada
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  (Technical Barriers and Regulations)
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0G2
Telephone: + (1613) 992 16 17
Telefax: + (1613) 943 03 46
Chile
Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero
Avenida Bulnes nÿ 140
Santiago
Telephone: + (562) 671 23 23
Telefax: + (562) 672 18 12G/SPS/GEN/91
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Colombia
Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico
División de Normalización y CalidadCarrera 13 No. 28-01, Piso 8
Santafé de Bogotá
Telephone: + (571) 338 06 41
Telefax: + (571) 245 72 56
Costa Rica
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Dirección de Protección Agropecuaria
Apartado 10094-1000San José
Telephone: + (506) 231 19 39/231 76 73/231 50 55
Telefax: + (506) 231 50 04
Cuba
Ministerio del Comercio Exterior
Dirección de Organismos InternacionalesCalle Infanta No. 16 7mo. Piso
Vedado
Ciudad de la Habana
Telephone: + (537) 74 22 05/74 22 07/74 22 08
Telefax: + (537) 33 34 82
Cyprus
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of AgricultureNatural Resources and Environment
CY 1411 Nicosia
Telephone: + (357) 230 22 47
Telefax: + (357) 244 51 56G/SPS/GEN/91
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Czech Republic
Ing. Josef Čižek
Director
External Relations Department - 3210Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
Tēšnov 17
117 05 Praha 1
Telephone: + (420) 21 81 24 48
Telefax: + (420) 24 81 06 52
E-mail/Internet: kantorova@mze.cz
Dominican Republic
Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura
Km. 61/2, Autopista Duarte
Urbanización Jardines del Norte
Santo Domingo
Telephone: + (809) 547  38 88
Telefax: + (809) 227 12 68
Ecuador
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Avenida Amazonas y Avenida Eloy Alfaro (esquina)
Quito
Telephone: + (5932) 504 433/526 302/
 550 502
Telefax: + (5932) 500 873
Egypt
Ministry of Agriculture
Department of Economic Affairs7 Nady El-Said Street
Dokki
Telephone: + (202) 337 48 73
Telefax: + (202) 337 48 73
E-mail/Internet: Capi@idsc.gov.egG/SPS/GEN/91
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El Salvador
Ministerio de Economía
Dirección de Política Exterior
Edificio C #2 3a PlantaPlan Maestro, Calle Guadalupe y Alameda Juan Pablo II
Centro de Gobierno
San Salvador, C.A.
Telephone: + (503) 221 3583/281 0541/281 1122 
extensiones 2323 y 2336
Telefax: + (503) 221 4771E-mail/Internet: policom@sal.gbm.net
European Communities
European Commission
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Directorate VI/H
130 rue de la Loi
Brussels 1049
Telephone: + (322) 296 16 51
Telefax: + (322) 295 24 16
Fiji
The Permanent Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries, Forests and ALTA
Private Mail Bag
Raiwaqa
Suva
Telephone: + (679) 384 233
Telefax: + (679) 385 048
Guatemala
Ministerio de Economía
Dirección de Asuntos Comerciales Multilaterales
8a Avenida 10-43 Zona 1
Guatemala ciudad
Guyana
Dr. Lennox Applewhaite
Chief Crops and Livestock OfficerMinistry of Agriculture
Regent and Vlissengen Roads
Georgetown
Telephone: + (5922) 56281G/SPS/GEN/91
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Haiti
Ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie
Champ-de-Mars
Port-au-Prince
Telephone: + (509) 22 44 42/22 24 99/22 21 25
Telefax: + (509) 23 84 02
Honduras
Secretaría de Economía y Comercio
Edificio Banco de Londres - 2do piso
Calle Peatonal
Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.
Telephone: + (504) 38 20 25/37 19 47
Telefax: + (504) 37 28 36
Hong Kong, China
Trade Department
Hong Kong Government
19/F, Trade Department Tower
700 Nathan RoadHong Kong
Telephone: + (852) 2398 5398
Telefax: + (852) 2789 2491
Hungary
Ministry of Agriculture
Department for International Economic Affairs
1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 11.
Telephone: + (361) 131 35 78
Telefax: + (361) 132 67 96
Iceland
Ministry of Agriculture
Solvholsgata 7
150 Reykjavik
Telephone: + (354) 560 97 50
Telefax: + (354) 552 11 60G/SPS/GEN/91
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India
Trade Policy Division
Ministry of Commerce
Udhyog BhavanMaulana Azad Road
New Delhi - 11 00 11
Telephone: + (9111) 301 46 60/301 36 23
Telefax: + (9111) 301 35 83
Indonesia
Centre for Standardization and Accreditation
Agency for Agribusiness
Ministry of AgricultureJl. Harsono RM no. 3, Ragunan
Jakarta 12550
Telephone: + (6221) 780 43 67
Telefax: + (6221) 780 43 67
Israel
Mr. Eldad Landshut
Director
Plant Protection and Inspection Services
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 78
Beit Dagan 50250
Telephone: + (972 3) 968 1500
Telefax: + (972 3) 968 1507
E-mail/Internet: ppis@netvision.net.il
Jamaica
Chief Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspector
Ministry of Agriculture
Hope Gardens
Kingston 6
Telephone: + (1809) 927 35 14
Telefax: + (1809) 927 17 01/927 19 04G/SPS/GEN/91
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Japan
Standards Information Service
First International Organizations Division
Economic Affairs BureauMinistry of Foreign Affairs
2-2-1
Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
Telephone: + (813) 3580 3311
Telefax: + (813) 3503 3136
Kenya
Mr. Lawrence Maina Ndeeri
Director
Department of External Trade
Ministryof Commerce and Industry
P.O. Box 43137
Nairobi
Telephone: + (2542) 33 35 55
Telefax: + (2542) 22 60 36
E-mail/Internet: T. B. A.
Korea
Multilateral Trade Organizations Division
International Trade Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Unified Government Building77-6 Sejong-ro, Chongro-ku
Seoul
Telephone: + (822) 720 21 88/739 91 42
Telefax: + (822) 738 97 26E-mail/Internet: trade9@www.dacom.co.kr
Liechtenstein
Office for Foreign Affairs
Heiligkreuz 14
9490 Vaduz
Telephone: + (4175) 236 60 52
Telefax: + (4175) 236 60 59G/SPS/GEN/91
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Madagascar
Eugène Rakotobe Rabehevitra
Directeur de la Protection des Végétaux
Ministère de l'Agriculture - 101 AntananarivoMadagascar
Telephone: +(2612) 416 13/416 14
Telefax: +(2612) 225 08
Macau
"Leal Senado"
Avenida Almeida Ribeiro
Edificio Leal Senado
Telephone: + (853) 38 73 33/38 39 93
Telefax: + (853) 34 18 90
Malaysia
Ministry of Agriculture
Wisma Tani
Jalan Sultan Sallehuddin
50624 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: + (603) 298 69 68
Telefax: + (603) 291 56 42
Malta
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Barriera Wharf
Valletta
Telephone: + (356) 22 52 36
Telefax: + (356) 23 12 94
Mauritius
Plant Quarantine Services
Agricultural Services
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Réduit
Telephone: + (230) 464 48 74
Telefax: + (230) 464 87 89G/SPS/GEN/91
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Mexico
Centro de Información de la Dirección General de Normas
SECOFIAvenida Puente de Tecamachalco nÿ 6
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco
Naucalpan, 53950 Edo. de México
Telephone: + (525) 729 94 85
Telefax: + (525) 729 94 84
Morocco
Ministère du Commerce Extérieur
63 avenue Moulay YoussefB.P. 610
Rabat - Chellah
Telephone: + (212-07) 70 33 63/70 63 06/70 63 89/
     70 63 21
Telefax: + (212-07) 70 37 01
Myanmar
Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA)
Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development
653-691 Merchant Street
Yangon
Telephone: + (951) 822 07/720 52/752 29
Telefax: + (951) 82 101
New Zealand
Andrew Matheson
Regulatory Authority
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
ASB Bank House
101 The Terrace
P.O. Box 2526Wellington
Telephone: + (64) 4 474 41 00
Telefax: + (64) 4 474 41 33
E-mail/Internet: sps@maf.govt.nzG/SPS/GEN/91
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Nicaragua
Ing. Danilo Cortés
Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal
Ministerio de Agricultura y GanaderíaKilometro 8 1/2, Carretera a Masaya
Managua
Telephone: + (5052) 783 412
Telefax: + (5052) 785 864
Norway
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
WTO Section
Post box 8114 Dep.0032 Oslo
Telephone: +(47) 22 24 36 00
Telefax: +(47) 22 24 95 80
Pakistan
Joint Secretary (Administration)
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and LivestockGovernment of Pakistan
B-Block, Pakistan Secretariat
Islamabad
Telephone: + (9251) 210 351
Telefax: + (9251) 922 1246
Panama
Consejo de Comercio Exterior de la Presidencia de la República de Panamá
Avenida BalboaEdificio Bay Mall, Piso No. 3, Oficina 312
Apartado postal:  378, Zona 3, Panamá
Telephone: + (507) 265 17 60/17 61/17 62/17 63
Telefax: + (507) 265 17 59E-mail/Internet: econcex@sinfo.net
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Papua New Guinea
The Secretary
Department of Trade and Industry
Heduru HausFree Mail Bag
Waigani
National Capital District
Port Moresby
Telephone: + (675) 325 5426/325 4829/
325 5311/325 6699
Telefax: + (675) 325 4482
Paraguay
In the field of animal health
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Subsecretaría de Estado de Ganadería
Calle ciencias Veterinarias y 1o
San Lorenzo
Telephone: +(59521) 58 224/585 131
Telefax: +(59521) 585 212
In the field of plant health
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Direccíon de Defensa Vegetal
Ruta Mariscal Estigarribia - Km. 11
San Lorenzo
Telephone: +(59521) 214 858/570 513
Telefax: +(59521) 570 513
Peru
In the field of human health :
National Health Institute (INS)
Head:  Dr. Carlos Carrillo
Tizón y Bueno 268, Jesús María
Lima 21
Telephone: + (51-1) 463 38 33/460 0310/460 0316/
 471 3254
Telefax: + (51-1) 463 9617
Functions: To promote, plan, implement and evaluate research on health and the development of
appropriate technologies in the field of contagious disease control, environmental sanitation and
nutrition;  as well as the production, registration and quality control of reagents, diagnostic inputs,
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standing and supports those of regional standing.  It also prepares standards within its area of
jurisdiction and proposes policies and standards, within its area of jurisdiction, to the Higher
Directorate of the Ministry of Health, for implementation at national level.
In the field of agrarian health:
National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA)
Head:  Dr. Elsa Corbonell Torres
Psje Francisco de Zela s/n, piso 10
Lima 21
Telefax: + (51-1) 433 8048, 433 7802
Functions: To develop and promote private sector participation in the implementation of plans
and programmes for the prevention, control and eradication of pests and diseases which have a
significant socio-economic impact on agricultural activity.  At the same time, it is the bodyresponsible for the sanitary protection of national agriculture.  It has the task of proposing standards of
national and regional scope to the Minister of Agriculture, in connection with monitoring, inspection,
registration, control, supervision and sanitary assessment activities in the agricultural field.  It also
establishes sanitary rules for the import, export, marketing and internal transit of animals, plants and
agricultural products and inputs.
Philippines
Department of Agriculture
Attn:  Office of the Director
Planning and Monitoring Service
3rd Floor, Department of Agriculture Bldg.
Elliptical Road, Diliman
Quezon City, 1100
Telephone: + (632) 97 82 47/99 87 41
Telefax: + (632) 99 05 90
Poland
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy
Veterinary Department
ul. Wspólna 30
00-930 Warszawa
Telephone: + (4822) 628 85 11
Telefax: + (4822) 623 14 08G/SPS/GEN/91
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Romania
Agence Nationale Sanitaire-Vétérinaire
Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation
24 Boulevard Carol ISector 3, Code postal 7003
Bucarest
Telephone: + (401) 615 78 75
Telefax: + (401) 312 49 67
Saint Lucia
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Government Buildings
Block B, Castries WaterfrontCastries
Telephone: + (758) 452 2627
Telefax: + (758) 453 7347
Senegal
Direction de la Protection des Végetaux
Km 15, Route de RufisqueB.P. 20052
Thiaroye
Dakar
Telephone: +(221) 34 03 97
Telefax: +(221) 34 28 54
Singapore
Singapore Trade Development Board
230 Victoria Street, 10th FloorBugis Junction Office Tower
Singapore
Telephone: +(65) 337 66 28
Telefax: +(65) 337 68 98/337 68 38G/SPS/GEN/91
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Slovak Republic
Slovak Institute for Standardization
Information Centre WTO
Karloveská 6384245 Bratislava
Telephone: + (427) 49 68 47/49 80 30
Telefax: + (427) 49 78 86
Slovenia
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Parmova 33
1000 Ljubljana
Telephone: + (38661) 322 197/323 643
Telefax: + (38661) 313 631
South Africa
The Director of Marketing
Department of Agriculture
Private Bag X791
Pretoria0001
Telephone: + (2712) 319 65 18
Telefax: + (2712) 326 34 54
Sri Lanka
Director
Department of Animal  Productions and Health
Getambe
Peradeniya
Telephone: + (948) 884 62/63
Telefax: + (948) 881 95
Swaziland
Principal Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
P.O. Box 162Mbabane
Telephone: + (268) 42 731
Telefax: + (268) 44 700G/SPS/GEN/91
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Switzerland
Office fédéral des affaires économiques extérieures
3003 Berne
Telephone: + (4131) 324 07 82
Telefax: + (4131) 324 09 59
Chinese Taipei
Dr. Watson H. T. Sung
Chief, Animal Health Division
Animal Industry Department
Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan37 Nanhai Road
Taipei, Taiwan 100
Telephone: + (886) 2 2312 4646
Telefax: + (886) 2 2312 0341E-mail/Internet: watson@mail.coa.gov.tw
Thailand
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI)
Ministry of Industry
Rama VI Street, Bangkok  10400
Telephone: + (662) 202 34 01/202 35 07/202 35 10
Telefax: + (662) 247 87 41
Trinidad and Tobago
Permanent Secretary
Mr. Winston ConnellMinistry of Trade and Industry
Level 12, Riverside Plaza
Besson Street
Port of Spain
Telephone: + (1809) 627 8451
Telefax: + (1809) 627 8488G/SPS/GEN/91
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Tunisia
Ministère du Commerce
Direction de la Coopération économique
  et commercialeRue Khereddine Pacha
Tunis
Telephone: + (2161) 78 56 34
Telefax: + (2161) 78 27 42
Turkey
Mr. Yusuf Salcan
Tarim ve Köyisleri Bakanligi
Koruma ve Kontrol Genel MüdürlügüAkay Cad. No. 3
Ankara
Telephone: + (90312) 418 14 68
Telefax: + (90312) 418 80 05
Uganda
The Ministry of Trade and Industry
Directorate of Foreign Trade
Farmers House, Parliament Avenue
P.O. Box 7103
Kampala
Telephone: + (256 41) 254091/2
+ (256 41) 243947
Telefax: + (256 41) 251578
United States
National Center for Standards and Certification Information
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Building 411, Room A163
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Telephone: + (1301) 975 40 37
Telefax: + (1301) 926 15 59G/SPS/GEN/91
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Uruguay
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Dirección General para Asuntos Económicos Internacionales
Avenida 18 de julio 1205Montevideo
Telephone: + (5982) 92 06 18
Telefax: + (5982) 91 74 13
E-mail/Internet: dioe42@mrree.gub.uy
Venezuela
Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría
Servicio Autonomo de Sanidad Agropecuaria
Parque Central, Torre EsteCaracas 1010
Telephone: + (582) 509 03 77/509 05 96
Telefax: + (582) 509 03 76
Zimbabwe
Dr. S. Hargreaves
Department of Research and Specialist ServicesMinistry of Agriculture
Box CY 594, Causeway
Telephone: + (2634) 704 531
Telefax: + (2634) 734 646
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