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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/HUN/6
8 July 1999
(99-2835)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  HUNGARY
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable). Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Beef, pork, and poultry meat, products processed thereof, eggs, products with
an egg content exceeding 2 per cent, milk and dairy products, animal fat, and animal feed
from France, the Netherlands and Germany produced after 15 January 1999.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Communication of Ministry of
Agriculture and Regional Development No.42917/12/1999 (one page)
5. Description of content:  Certificate of the dioxin free status of the above-mentioned
products, issued by the relevant authorities is required for importation from France, the
Netherlands and Germany.
6. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [     ] 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):  Dioxin contamination of animal feed in Belgium and its
spread to France, the Netherlands and Germany
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Bulletin of the
Ministry of Agricultural and Regional Development dated 16 June 1999 (Available in
Hungarian)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  16 June 1999G/SPS/N/HUN/6
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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:
Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development
Department for International RelationKossuth Lajos tér 11
Budapest
Hungary
Tel:  00 36 1 301 40 13
Fax:  00 36 1 301 46 62