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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/GEO/6
7 May 1999
(99-1893)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   GEORGIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture and Food
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:  The
draft law is applicable to all sowing and plan ting materials of crop varieties, national and
imported, intended for distribution and introduction into public use.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft law on permission for the
distribution of Agricult ural Crop Varieties, Seed and Planting Materials (See Law of Georgia)
(12 pages)
5. Description of content:  The law regulates the property rights and the relevant non-property
rights arising out of permission for the distribu tion of agricultural crop varieties and in the
production and introduction of good quality seed and planting materials into public use.
6. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety  [  ] animal health [ X ] plant protection
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease  [ X ]  protect territory from
other damage from pests
7. An international standa rd, guideline or recommendati on 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:  Law is available in
both Georgian and unoffici al English translation.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Legislation in progress
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Legislation in progress
11. Final date for comments:   30 June 1999
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [  ] National notification authority,
[ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:G/SPS/N/GEO/6
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12. Texts available from:  [  ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Georgian SPS Inquiry Point:
Coordinator:  Levan Chiteishvili
Room 328, Ministry of Agriculture and Food
41 Kostava St.Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel/Fax:  (995 32) 33 48 37
E-mail address:  sps_levan@access.sanet.ge