WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/HUN/7
3 July 2000
(00-2737)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  HUNGARY
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development
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:  Plants, plant products and regulated articles
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Decree on the enforcement of Law
Decree No. XXXV of 2000 on Plant Protection (180 pages)
5. Description of content:  New quarantine list, phytosanitary import and domestic
regulations
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   Prevent the introduction and spread of quarantine and regulated
non-quarantine 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:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The draft is available
in Hungarian.  Phytosanitary Import Regulations will be translated into English.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  10 August 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  18 August 2000, but for phytosanitary import
regulations, 1 January 2001
11. Final date for comments:  20 July 2000
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:  National Plant Protection Organization
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Ministry of
Agriculture and Regional Development,  Plant Protection and Agri-environment
Management Department, H-1860 Budapest 55, P.O.B. 1, Hungary;  Fax:  36-1-301-4644