WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/LVA/5
26 May 1999
(99-2104)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF LATVIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture
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).
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Meat,
meat products
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Order on bringing meat into Latvia
(7 pages)
5. Description of content:  Regulation contains quality requirements for imported meat, and
order on meat and meat product imports into Latvia
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. An international standa rd, guideline or recommendati on does not exist [  ].
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  OIE Animal Health Code
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Will be published in
the Official Journal of the Republic of La tvia when adopted (available in Latvian).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 June 1999
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 June 1999
11. Final date for comments:   Not applicable
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [  ] National notification authority,
[  ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:   Ministry of Agriculture, Republic S q. 2, Riga, Latvia, LV 1981, Fax:  +(371) 702
7205
12. Texts available from:  [  ] National notification authority, [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: Ministry of
Agriculture, Republic Sq. 2, Riga, Latvia, LV 1981, Fax:  +(371) 702 7205