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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/SVK/17
19 April 2001
(01-1969)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SLOVAK REPUBLIC
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, State Veterinary Administration
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).  Live domestic and wild bi-ungulates;  semen, embryos and ova of bi-
ungulates;  meat and meat products of bi-ung ulates;  milk and milk products from bi-
ungulates;  hides and skins, bones and other commercial commodities from bi-ungulates;
other goods and items which may carry the germs of FMD virus.
The following products are excluded from the ban:  meat cans which were treated by
sterilization effect with Fc value of mini mum 3,00;  meat products treated at a minimum
temperature of 70°C for a period of 30 minutes;  milk and cream which have undergone the
pasteurization process and milk products manufactured from heat-treated milk;  productswhich were heat-treated or disinfected in such a way that FMD agent is destroyed;  casings
which were treated in the prescribed way;  hides and skins which were treated in the
prescribed way;  wool treated in the prescribed way.  Regions or countries likely to be
affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  France, Great Britain, Ireland, the
Netherlands and other countries with FMD occurrence.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Emergency veterinary measures of
the State Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic No. 2053/01-220 dated9 April 2001 issued according to Article 54 of Act No. 337/1998 Coll. on veterinary care
(3 pages).
5. Description of content:  Protective measures taken in order to avoid the introduction and
spreading of foot-and-mouth disease – the disease listed on list A of the OIE, into the
territory of the Slovak Republic in connection with the occurrence of foot-and-mouth
disease in Great Britain, Ireland, France and the Netherlands.
6. Objective and rationale:  [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  Necessary action to prevent the introduction of foot-
and-mouth disease into the Slovak Republic.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  OIE International Animal Health Code:
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Emergency
veterinary measures of the State Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic No.
2053/01-220 dated 9 April 2001 (Slovak language only).
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  9 April 2001
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           