WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CZE/15
9 June 1998
(98-2330)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying: CZECH REPUBLIC
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic Plant Protection
Administration, ÚKZÚZ
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) as speci fied in national schedul es deposited with the
WTO.  ICS numbers may be provide d in addition, where applicable):   Animal nutrition material
– HS 2309
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Notice to the Act of Animal Feed (12
pages) (see G/SPS/N/CZE/7)
5. Description of content:  Protected measures related to BSE.  Requirements on circulation of feeding
raw materials, feeding mixtures, labelling of feeding mixtures and prohibited feedstuff for ruminants.Limit for additional substances for individual feedstuffs and categories of animals
6. Objective and rationale: Animal Feeding Quality, human health in accordance with Commission
Directives Nos. 97/47/EC, 97/582/EC, 97/72/EC, 95/010/EC.
7. An international standa rd, guideline or recommendati on does not exist [ x ].
If an international st andard, guideline or recommendation exists, whenever possible, identify
deviations:
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Collection of Laws of the
Czech Republic (after adopting).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 August 1998
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 August 1998
11. Final date for comments:  15 July 1998
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  Ministry of Agriculture          
12. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telefax number and E-mail
address (if available) of other body:            