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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/GTM/17
29 august 2003
(03-4523)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   GUATEMALA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 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):
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 15 of the Harmonized System
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Trading
partners of Guatemala
5. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decision No. 1090-2001
of 20 November 2001.   Mandatory General Standards on the Importation and International
Transit of Animals and Hydrobiological Resources and the Products and By-ProductsThereof  (2 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  This Ministerial Decision establishes a ban on the import and
international transit of animals and hydrobiological resources and the products and by-
products thereof, as well as of plants and all other material capable of carrying diseases of
economic importance and quarantine and endemic diseases for which a control anderadication programme has been set up.
The Decision lays down import requirements for such products, including those the
country of provenance of which is different from the country of origin.  It establishes the
document inspection process for imported animals and hydrobiological resources and the
products and by-products thereof, as well as for vehicles, passengers, crews, luggage,
packaging and the disposal of food waste. It also regulates the implementation of quarantine
measures and the status of products passing through Guatemala in international transit.
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,
[ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests
For the health status of Guatemala to be improved and preserved and the eradication
of endemic diseases promoted, requirements and control mechanisms need to be establishedfor authorizing the entry into the country of animals, hydrobiological resources and plants
and the products and by-products thereof capable of carrying diseases which are subject to
control and eradication and diseases of economic and quarantine importance.G/SPS/N/GTM/17
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8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,
[    ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] 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:  Ministerial Decision
No. 1090-2001 of 20 November 2001 (available in Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Guatemala, 27 November 2001 (published in the Official
Journal)
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Guatemala, 28 November 2001
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable
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:
13. 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, Livestock and Food
Standards and Regulations UnitOffice of Standards and Procedures
7ª Avenida 12-90, Zona 13, Anexo Edificio Monja Blanca, Guatemala City
Tel./Fax: (502) 475-3058, (502) 475-3068, (502) 475-3074.
E-mail: correo@unr.com.gt