WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/GEO/16
15 May 2001
(01-2498)
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:  Main State Veterinary 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).  Live cattle, sheep and goat, meat and meat products (sausage, canned meat),
cattle, sheep leather products, sperm and em bryo, meat, bone meal, blood, fish-meat flour
meal, intestine products, sheep wool, wool fibre  Regions or countries likely to be
affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  The Netherlands and Argentina
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  On prohibition of import and
transit of live cattle, livestock products and animal origin materials in respect with
Spongiform Encephalopathy and Turkish Epizootic.
5. Description of content:  To forbid import and transit of live cattle, sheep and goat, meat
and meat products, cattle and sheep leather products, sperm and embryo, meat, bone meal,
blood, fish-meat flour meal, sheep wool and wool  fibre from the Netherlands and Argentina.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] 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 is available in
both Georgian and unofficial English translation (#1-02/24)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  13 April 2001
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  14 April 2001
11. Final date for comments:  Non-applicable
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:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           