WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/CZE/12
29August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3392)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CZECH REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture oftheCzech Republic
Plant Protection Administration, UKZUZ
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): 0701 90-other
potatoes
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Supplement No2toGeneral
phytosanitary requirements No9/96/KOR (2January 1996) forimport ofpotatoes in
1996 -1page
5. Description ofcontent: Witheffect from 15September 1996, eachimported
consignment ofpotatoes other thanseedpotatoes shallbetreated forthesuppression of
thefaculty ofgermination ofthetubers. Plant protection product, officially approved
intheCzech Republic forsuchtreatment, shallbeused. Thedetails oftreatment must
begiven inappropriate phytosanitary certificate.
6. Objective andrationale: Toprevent importation ofquarantine diseases ofpotatoes,
particularly Clavibacter michiganensis ssp.sepedonicus andBurkholderia
(Pseudomonas) solanacearum.
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents andlanguage(s) inwhich these areavailable: Thissupplement will
beincluded intotheRegulation onProtection Against Imported Plant Pests, Plant
Diseases AndWeeds (No51/1977) which isbased ontheLawonPlant Protection (No
61/1964)
a)TheRegulation andtheLaw-Czech language only
b)Thesupplement itself -English language
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9. Proposed date ofadoption andentry intoforce: adopted on21August 1996 andentry
intoforce on15September 1996
10 Final date forcomments: notapplicable
11 Texts available from: National enquiry point [x]oraddress, telefax number andE-mail
address (ifavailable) ofother body: