. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/HRV/1
31 July 2003
(03-4081)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CROATIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
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):  Live bovine, sheep, caprine, porcine an imals, domestic poultry and fish, and
products thereof
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Countries without a total ban on feeding food an imals with processed animal proteins.  Does
not apply to milk, dairy products and milk subs titutes intended for feeding of animals, fish-
meal for feeding of animals, except ruminant s, dicalcium phosphate which is not produced in
animal waste processing establishments, ge latine which does not originate from ruminants.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Ordinance on prohibition
of importation into the Republic of Croatia of live animals and products of animal origin in
order to prevent entering into the Republic  of Croatia of tran smissible spongiform
encephalopathies (Available in Croatian, 1 page)
6. Description of content:  In Croatia there is a total ban on use of proteins of animal origin for
feeding to animals intended for human consumption.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease,  [   ]  protect territory from
other damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] 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:  Ordinance on
prohibition of importation into the Republic of Croatia of live animals and products of animal
origin in order to prevent entering into the Republic of Croatia of transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies, Gezette No. 111/03 (Available in Croatian)
10. Proposed date of adoption:
11. Proposed date of entry into force:G/SPS/N/HRV/1
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12. Final date for comments:
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [   ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Nevenka Gašparac, DVM, MSc
Co-ordinatorMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry
Ul. grada Vukovara 78
10000 Zagreb
Republic of Croatia