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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/GTM/8
3 April 2001
(01-1663)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  GUATEMALA
If applicable, name of local government involved:  Government of Guatemala
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Standards and Regulations
Unit, Plant and Animal Health Department
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:  01.02;  0102.10.00;  0102.90;  02.01;  0201.10.00; 0201.20.00 0201.30.00;
02.02 ;  0202.10.00;  0202.20.00;  0202.30.00;  02.06;  0206.10.00;  0206.2;  0206.21.00;
0206.22.00;  0206.29.00;  0206.49;  0206.49.10;  0206.80.00;  0206.90.00;  0206.49.90;
04.01;  04.02 ;  0402.10.00;  0402.2;  0402.21;  0402.21.10;  0402.21.2;  0402.21.21;
0402.21.22;  0402.29.00;  0402.9;  0402.91;  0402.91.10;  0402.91.20;  0402.91.90;
0402.99;  0402.99.10;  0402.99.90;  0403;  0403.10.00;  0403.90;  0403.90.10;  0403.90.90;
04.04;  0404.10.00;  0404.90.00;  04.05;  0405.10.00;  0405.20.00;  0405.90;  0405.90.10;
0405.90.90;  04.06;  0406.10.00;  0406.20;  0406.20.10;  0406.20.90;  0406.30.00;0406.40.00;  0406.90.00;  05.04 ;  0504.00.10;  05.06 ;  0506.10.00;  0506.90.00;  05.07 ;
0507.90.00;  0510.99;  05.11 ;  0511.10.00;  0511.99.10;  0511.99.90;  1602.10.10;  01.03 ;
0103.10.00;  0103.9;  0103.91.00;  0103.92.00;  02.03 ;  0203.1;  0203.11.00;  0203.12.00;
0203.19.00;  0203.2;  0203.21.00;  0203.22.00;  0203.29.00;  0206.30;  0206.30.10;
0206.30.90;  0206.4;  0206.41.00;  02.09 ;  0209.00.10;  0209.00.20;  02.10 ;  0210.1;
0210.11.00;  0210.12.00;  0210.19.00;  05.02 ;  0502.10.00;  0502.90.00;  05.04 ;
0504.00.20;  0504.00.90;  0510.00.00;  01.04 ;  0104.10;  0104.10.10;  0104.10.90;  0104.20;
0104.20.10;  0104.20.90;  02.04 ;  0204.10.00;  0204.02;  0204.22.00;  0204.23.00;
0204.30.00;  0204.4;  0204.41.00;  0204.42.00;  0204.43.00;  0204.50.00;  1602.10.80;
1601.00.10;  1602.10.10;  1602.01;  16.01 ;  16.02 ;  15.03;  15.21 ;  1501.00.00;  29.37 ;
23.09;  23.01;  3504.00.00;  3507.90.00;  2309.90.90;  2835.31.00;  41.01.10.00;
1901.10.18;  3004.90.90;  3002.30.00;  3822.00.00;  301.00.00;  3002
Live animals of bovine, bubaline, caprine, ovine, camel, lama and alpaca origin,
including other wild and domestic species such as deer, moose, etc.
Also covers domestic and wild swine, products and by-products derived from the
above animal species and products of vegetable origin for animal feed (pasture and fodder).
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Administrative Resolution
No. UNR-03-04-2001 (4 pages).
Revises and updates the technical measures adopted by the Standards and
Regulations Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, as a result of the
appearance of outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom, with a view to
minimising the risk of this disease, which is classed as exotic in North and Central America,spreading to Guatemala.G/SPS/N/GTM/8
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5. Description of content:  A precautionary and temporary measure banning the importation
and movement in Guatemalan territory of live animals of susceptible species, products and
by-products thereof, whether or not mixed with other products, originating in or consigned
from countries in which foot and mouth disease has been diagnosed and other countries
considered to be at risk.
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  Precautionary and temporary measure, applied due to
outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in various countries, designed to keep Guatemala free
from the disease.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
- Animal health code of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE).
- Record of the special meeting of animal he alth directors, under the auspices of the
Regional International Agricultural Health Organization (OIRSA), held in Panama
City, on 9 March 2001.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in
Spanish.
Administrative Resolution No. UNR-03-04-2001 of the Standards and Regulations
Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, of 13 March 2001 in Spanish.
Record of the special meeting of animal he alth directors, under the auspices of the
Regional International Agricultural Health Organization (OIRSA), held in Panama City, on
9 March 2001.
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  13 March 2001
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:
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación
Unidad de Normas y Regulaciones, Area Fitozoosanitaria
7a Ave. 12-90, zona 13, Anexo Edificio Monja Blanca
Fax:  475-3058-68-74
E-mail:  unr@terra.com.gt