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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/VEN/7
12 March 2003
(03-1402)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  VENEZUELA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Land / Autonomous Agricultural Health
Service (SASA)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):
Chapter VIII:  08.05
Citrus plants
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All
countries
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution Repealing
Resolution No. AG-379 of 12 December 1960 Prohibiting the Importation of All CitrusPlants  (2 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  This Resolution repeals Resolution No. AG-379 of
12 December 1960, published in Official Gazette No. 26,432 of 14 December 1960,
prohibiting the importation of all citrus plants.
7. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [    ] 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:  Official Gazette of
the Republic of Venezuela No. 36,898, Resolution DM (Office of the Minister)/No. 114
(available in Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:  22 February 2000G/SPS/N/VEN/7
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:  23 February 2000
12. Final date for comments: Although the measure has already been adopted and entered into
force, comments will be accepted within 60 days of submission of the notification by the
Permanent Mission to the Central Registry of Notifications for subsequent amendments.
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:
Autonomous Agricultural Health Service (SASA),
Av. Lecuna, Torre Este, 12th floor, Parque Central, El Conde,
Caracas, Venezuela.
Tel.:  (58 212) 509-0140 / 509-0184 / 509-0315 / 509-0378Fax:  (58 212) 509-0376
E-mail:  mat_sasa@yahoo.es
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Autonomous Agricultural Health Service (SASA),
Av. Lecuna, Torre Este, 12th floor, Parque Central, El Conde,
Caracas, Venezuela.Tel.:  (58 212) 509-0140 / 509-0184 / 509-0315 / 509-0378
Fax:  (58 212) 509-0376
E-mail:  mat_sasa@yahoo.es