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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BGR/6
8 December 2000
(00-5338)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BULGARIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  National Veterinary Service
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:
− Grain fodder, meat and bone meals, groats  and other animal feed components (HS
2301, 2302, 2304, 2305, 2306);
− Processed animal protein for animal consumption;
− Semi-moist or dried petfood (HS 2309 10);
− Petfood in hermetically sealed containers (HS 2309 10);
− Hides, skins, wool, hairs, and other raw materials of animal origin, not for human
and animal consumption (HS 0505, 4101, 4102, 4103, 4104, 4105, 4106, 4107,
4301, 4302).
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Draft veterinary sanitary
requirements and certification for the importation of products animal origin not for humanconsumption
LIST
of draft Veterinary Health Certificates for products of plant and animal origin not for human
consumption and raw materials from animal origin, intended for dispatch to the Republic of
Bulgaria:
1. Veterinary Health Certificate for grain fodder, meat bone meals, groats and other
animal feed components, intended for dispatch to the Republic of Bulgaria
(3 pages);
2. Veterinary Health Certificate for processed animal protein for animal consumption,
intended for dispatch to the Republic of Bulgaria (3 pages);
3. Veterinary Health Certificate for semi-moist or dried petfood, intended for dispatch
to the Republic of Bulgaria (3 pages);
4. Veterinary Health Certificate for petfood in hermetically sealed containers, intended
for dispatch to the Republic of Bulgaria (3 pages);
5. Veterinary Health Certificate for hides, skins, wool, hairs and other raw materials of
animal origin, not for human consumption, intended for dispatch to the Republic of
Bulgaria (3 pages).G/SPS/N/BGR/6
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5. Description of content: Veterinary sanitary requirements for import of products of plant
and animal origin, intended for dispatch to the Republic of Bulgaria
Identification of product
Origin of product
Destination of productHealth attestation
Public health attestation
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. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Order No. RD-09-
733 dated 5 July 2000 of the Minister of Agriculture and Forests, published in State Gazette
No. 86/2000 (Available in Bulgarian and English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  5 July 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2001
11. Final date for comments:  15 December 2000
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:
National Veterinary Service
15-A, Pencho Slavei kov Blvd., Floor 3
1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel/fax:  +(359 2) 52 52 98/51 33 43
E-mail:  svetlavet@mobikom.com;  gvk.dept.@mobikom.com
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           