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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/SLV/40
11 April 2002
(02-2001)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EL SALVADOR
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate-General of Plant and Animal Health, Ministry of
Agriculture and Livestock
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:  All animal species and the products and by-products thereof
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Regulation on Animal Health
5. Description of content:  Establishes regulations for developing surveillance programmes
and animal health campaigns, animal health inspection, verification and certificationprocedures and conducting animal health risk analyses.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from
other damage from pests
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
and Regional International Organization for Plant Protection and Animal Health
(RIOPPAH) standards on animal health.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in
Spanish.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  8 May 2002
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  15 May 2002
11. Final date for comments:  29 April 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Directorate-General of Plant and Animal Health
Animal Health Division
Fax: (503) 228-9029 and 228-2862
E-mail: reg.fis@salnet.net  and  saludanimes@telemovil.netG/SPS/N/SLV/40
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12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Directorate-General of Plant and Animal Health
Animal Health DivisionFax: (503) 228-9029 and 228-2862
E-mail: reg.fis@salnet.net  and  saludanimes@telemovil.net