RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SPS/ENQ/4
15May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1881)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NATIONAL ENQUIRY POINTS
Note bytheSecretariat
Thepresent document contains alistofnames, addresses, telephone andtelefax numbers of
theenquiry pointforeseen inParagraph 3ofAnnex BoftheAgreement, andanyadditional information
provided bydelegations concerning itsoperation, assubmitted totheSecretariat asof13May1996.
Members abletoprovide anelectronic (E-mail) address aswellarerequested tocommunicate these
totheSecretariat (Gretchen.Stanton@wto.org).
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Antigua andBarbuda
Plant Protection Unit
c/oAgriculture Division
Dunbars
Friars Hill
Telephone: +((809) 4624969
Telefax: +(809) 4626104
Argentina
Secretaría deAgricultura, Ganadería yPesca
Dirección deEconomía Agraria yAsuntos Internacionales
Av.Paseo Colón 9823piso-oficina 162-
1063 Buenos Aires
Telephone: +(541) 3492757/349 2753
Telefax: +(541) 3492742G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Australia
Director
Development andEvaluation Division
Australian Quarantine andInspection Service
GPO Box858
Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: +(616) 2725584
Telefax: +(616) 2723399
Bangladesh
Mr.Ghulam Rahman
Joint Secretary
Ministry ofCommerce
Government ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBangladesh
Bangladesh Secretariat
Dhaka
Telephone: +(8802) 834665
Telefax: +(8802) 865741
Bolivia
Dirección Nacional deProducción yProtección Agrícola
Av.Camacho n1471, Piso5
LaPaz
Telephone: +(5912) 374268/37 4270interno 126
Telefax: +(5912) 357535
Botswana
ThePermanent Secretary
Ministry ofAgriculture
Private bag003
Gaborone
Telephone: +(267) 350500/35 0603
Telefax: +(267) 356027G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Brazil
Secretaria deDefesa Agropecuária (SDA)
Ministério daAgricultura edaReforma Agrária (MAARA)
Esplanada dosMinistérios
Bloco ´B´,Anexo ´B´,sala406
Brasilia -DF-70.170
Telephone: +(5561) 2182314/218 2315
Telefax: +(5561) 2243995
Canada
WTO/NAFTA Enquiry Point
Standards Council ofCanada
1200-45 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P6N7
Telephone: +(1613) 2383222
Telefax: +(1613) 5690378
E-mail/Internet: info@scc.ca
Chile
Servicio Agrícola yGanadero
Avenida Bulnes n140
Santiago
Telephone: +(562) 6712323
Telefax: +(562) 6721812
Colombia
Plant andanimal health:
Subgerencia dePrevención yControl
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario
Calle 37No.8-43
Santafé deBogota
Telephone: +(571) 3203654
Telefax: +(571) 2324695G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Other sanitary measures:
Subdirección deSalud yAmbiente
Ministerio deSalud
Carrera 13No.32-76
Santafé deBogota
Telephone: +(571) 2829588
Telefax: +(571) 3360182
Costa Rica
Ministerio deAgricultura yGanadería
Dirección deProtección Agropecuaria
Apartado 10094-1000
SanJosé
Telephones: +(506) 2311939/231 7673/231 5055
Telefax: +(506) 2315004
Cuba
Plant health:
Sr.Jorge Opies Díaz
Director
Calle 110Esquina 5ta.Byeta.F,Playa
Habana
Telephone: +(537) 296189/22 2516
Telefax: +(537) 335086
Veterinary medicine:
Dr.Emerio Serrano Ramírez
Director
Calle 12n355entre 15y17Playa
Habana
Telephone: +(537) 306615/30 3535/
370777/30 3447
Telefax: +(537) 335086G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Cyprus
Permanent Secretary
Ministry ofAgriculture, Natural Resources
andEnvironment
1412 Nicosia
Telephone: +(357) 2302247
Telefax: +(357) 2445156
Czech Republic
MVDr. JiríSvoboda
Director
Ministry ofAgriculture
External Relations Department -110
Tešnov17
11705Praha 1
Telephone: +(422) 21812448
Telefax: +(422) 24810652
Dominican Republic
Análisis Zoosanitarios:
Atención: Dr.Rafael Jáquez
-Departamento deSanidad Animal
-Departamento deRecursos Pesqueros
Control Sanitário deFrutas yVegetales:
Atençión:Dr.Pedro Jorge
-Departamento deSanidad Vegetal
Secretaría deEstado deAgricultura
Dirección General deGanadería
Urbanización Jardines delNorte
Santo Domingo
Telephone: +(1809) 5473888
Telefax: +(1809) 2271268G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Medicamentos yaditivos paralosalimentos:
Atención: Lusitania Acosta
División deDroguas yFarmacias
Secretaría deSalud Pública yAsistencia Social (SESPAS)
Ave. SanCristóbal, esq.Tiradentes
Santo Domingo, D.N.
Telephone: +(1809) 5418403/541 3121
Telefax: +(1809) 5472843
Egypt
Ministry ofAgriculture
Department ofEconomic Affairs
7Nady El-Said St.
Dokki
Telephone: +(202) 3374873
Telefax: +(202) 3374873
E-mail/Internet: capi@idsc.gov.eg
ElSalvador
Ministerio deAgricultura yGanadería
Dirección deSanidad Vegetal yAnimal (DGSVA)
Cantón ElMatazano deSoyapango
SanSalvador
Telephone: +(503) 2273924
Telefax: +(503) 2272594
European Union
European Commission
Directorate General forAgriculture andRural Development
Directorate VI/B.II
84ruedelaLoi
Brussels 1049
Telephone: +(322) 2990750
Telefax: +(322) 2963314
E-mail/Internet: paola.colombo@dg6.cec.be
E-mail/X 400: G=Paola; S=COLOMBO; O=DG6;
P=CEC; A=RTT; C=BEG/SPS/ENQ/4
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Member State Contact Points:
Austria
Bundesministerium fürwirtschaftliche Angelenheiten
(Federal Ministry forEconomic Affairs)
Abteilung I/6(Division I/6)
Stubenring 1
A-1011 Wien
Telephone: +(431) 71100/ext. 5452
Telefax: +(431) 7159651
E-mail/Internet: gabriela.habermayer@bmwa.bmwa.ada.at
E-mail/X 400: G=Gabriela; S=HABERMAYER; O=BMWA;
P=BMWA; A=ADA; C=AT
Belgium
Institut belge deNormalisation (IBN)
(Belgian Standards Institute)
Avenue delaBraban çonne29
B-1040 Bruxelles
Telephone: +(322) 7349205
Telefax: +(322) 7334264
Denmark
Landsbrugs -ogFiskeriministeriets 2.afdeling, 4.kontor
Slotsholmsgade 10
1216 København K
Telephone: +(4533) 923301
Telefax: +(4533) 145042
E-mail/Internet: 1fm@lfm.dk ORera@lfm.dk
E-mail/X400: C=DK; A=DK400; P=SDN; O=LANDBRUGS-OG
FISKERIMINISTERIET; OU1=LFM;
S=LANDBRUGS-OG FISKERIMINISTERIET;
I=LFMG/SPS/ENQ/4
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Ireland
BridDune
Department ofAgriculture, Food andForestry
Agriculture House, Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Telephone: +(3531) 6072000
Telefax: +(3531) 6616263
Italy
Mr.Marco Castellina
Ministero dellaSanità
Dipartimento degli Alimenti eNutrizione edellaSanità Publica Veterinaria (D.A.V.)
Piazza Marconi 25
00144 Roma EUR
Telephone: +(396) 59943862/59 943945
Telefax: +(396) 59943217
Luxembourg
Ministère del'agriculture, delaviticulture etdudéveloppement rural
SPS-Point decontact
L-2913 Luxembourg
Telephone: +(352) 4782527
Telefax: +(352) 464027
Netherlands
Ministry ofEconomic Affairs
Central Service Imports andExports
Section EEC/WTO-Notifications
P.O.Box30003
9700 RDGroningen
Telephone: +(3150) 5239111
Telefax: +(3150) 5260698
E-mail/X400: C=NL; A=400NET; P=CDIU; S=NOTIF;
OU1=CDIUG/SPS/ENQ/4
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Portugal
JoãoManuel Machado Gouveia
IPPA Instituto deProtec çãodaProdu çãoAgro-Alimentar
Av.Conde deValbom No.98-9
1050 Lisboa
Telephone: +(3511) 7958984/85
Telefax: +(3511) 7959211
Spain
Dirección General deComercio Exterior
(Subdirección General deControl, Inspección yNormalización delComercio
Exterior)
Punto deInformacion delComité deMedidas Sanitarias yFitosanitarias/SPS
Paseo delaCastellana 162-planta 6a
28046 Madrid
Telephone: +(341) 3493764
Telefax: +(341) 3493740
Sweden
Kommerskollegium (National Board ofTrade)
WTO-SPS Enquiry Point
Box1209
11182 Stockholm
Telephone: +(468) 7910500
Telefax: +(468) 246739
E-mail/Internet: sps@kommers.se
E-mail/X400: C=SE; ADM=400NET; O=KOMKOLL;
S=NAT NOT POINT
United Kingdom
B.T.Bibby
Ministry ofAgriculture, Fisheries andFood
Trade Policy andTropical Foods Division, Branch A
Room 426a
Whitehall Place (East Block)
London SW1A 2HH
Telephone: +(44171) 2708238
Telefax: +(44171) 2708415
E-mail: b.t.bibby@tptf.maff.gov.ukG/SPS/ENQ/4
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Gabon
M.EyiMetou Martin
Inspection générale del'Agriculture
Ministère del'Agriculture, del'Elevage etdu
Développement rural
B.P.189
Libreville
Telephone: +(241) 763836
Telefax: +(241) 728275
Ghana
TheDirector
Plant Protection &Regulatory Services
Ministry ofFood &Agriculture
P.O.BoxM.37
Accra
Telefax: +(23321) 668245
Guatemala
Dirección Técnica deSanidad Vegetal
Dependencia delaDirección General deServicios Agrícolas -DIGESA -
7a.Avenida 3-87Zona 13
Guatemala ciudad
Telephone: +(5022) 720493
Dirección Técnica deSanidad Animal
Dependencia delaDirección General deServicios Pecuarios -DIGESEPE -
Bárcenas, Carretera aAmatitlan, km.22.5
Guatemala ciudad
Telephone: +(5022) 312012/31 2018G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Honduras
Dr.Erasmo Montalbán
Director General
Ministerio deRecursos Naturales
Servicio Nacional deSanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA)
Boulevard Miraflores
Tegucigalpa M.D.C.
Telephone: +(504) 327867
Telefax: +(504) 310786
Hong Kong
Trade Department
Hong Kong Government
19/F, Trade Department Tower
700Nathan Road
Hong Kong
Telephone: +(852) 2398 5398
Telefax: +(852) 2789 2491
Hungary
Ministry ofAgriculture
Department forInternational andEconomic Affairs
1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér11
Telephone: +(361) 1313578
Telefax: +(361) 1326796
Iceland
Ministry ofAgriculture
Solvholsgata 7
150Reykjavik
Telephone: +(354) 5609750
Telefax: +(354) 5521160
E-mail/Internet: postur@lan.stjr.isG/SPS/ENQ/4
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India
TheJoint Secretary
Plant Protection Division
Ministry ofAgriculture (Department ofAgriculture &Cooperation)
Krishi Bhavan, RafiMarg,
NewDelhi -110001
Telephone: +(9111) 3383744
Telefax: +(9111) 3388257
Indonesia
Centre forAgricultural Quarantine
Jalan Salemba Raya n16
P.O.Box1352/Jkt 10013
Jakarta 10430
Telephone: +(6221) 3150641/390 4411/390 4395
Telefax: +(6221) 3904603
Israel
Prof. A.Shimshony
Director
Veterinary Services &Animal Health
Ministry ofAgriculture
P.O.Box12
50250 BeitDagan
Telephone: +(9723) 9681606/612
Telefax: +(9723) 9681641
Jamaica
Chief Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspector
Ministry ofAgriculture
Hope Gardens
Kingston 6
Telephone: +(1809) 9273514
Telefax: +(1809) 9271701/927 1904G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Japan
Standards Information Service
FirstInternational Organizations Division
Economic Affairs Bureau
Ministry ofForeign Affairs
2-2-1
Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
Telephone: +(813) 3580 3311
Telefax: +(813) 3503 3136
Kenya
Director ofMedical Services
Ministry ofHealth
P.O.Box30016
Nairobi
Telephone: +(2542) 722521
Telefax: +(2542) 725902
Korea
Animal orplant health orzoonoses (including aquatic animals):
Technical Cooperation Division
International Agriculture Bureau
Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry andFisheries (MAFF)
1,Chungang-dong
Kwachon-city, Kyunggi-do 427-760
Telephone: +(822) 5037294
Telefax: +(822) 5072095
E-mail/Internet: tcd@maff.go.kr
Food safety relating tofoodadditives, veterinary drugandpesticide residues,
contaminants, methods ofanalysis andsampling, andcodes andguidelines of
hygienic practice:
Food Industry Division
Ministry ofHealth andWelfare (MOHW)
1,Chungang-dong, Kwachon-city
Kyunggi-do 427-760
Telephone: +(822) 5046206
Telefax: +(822) 5046207
E-mail/Internet: foodcor@chollian.dacom.co.krG/SPS/ENQ/4
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Aquatic animal health andsanitation:
Trade Division
Fisheries Administration Bureau
National Fisheries Administration
Daewoo Center Bldg, #541,
5-Ga Namdaemoon-ro
Jung-Gu, Seoul
Telephone: +(822) 7536862
Telefax: +(822) 7538331
E-mail/Internet: nfal@chollian.decom.co.kr
Macao
"Leal Senado"
Avenida Almeida Ribeiro
Edificio LealSenado
Telephone: +(853) 387333/38 3993
Telefax: +(853) 341890
Malawi
TheGeneral Manager
Malawi Bureau ofStandards
P.O.Box946
Blantyre
Malaysia
Mr.Ahmad Rosli Joharie
Ministry ofAgriculture
Wisma Tani
Jalan Sultan Sallehuddin
50624 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: +(603) 2986968
Telefax: +(603) 2915642G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Malta
ThePermanent Secretary
Ministry ofFood, Agriculture andFisheries
Barriera Wharf
Valletta
Telephone: +(356) 225236
Telefax: +(356) 231294
Mauritius
Plant Quarantine Services, Agriculture Services
Ministry ofAgriculture andNatural Resources
Réduit
Telephone: +(230) 4644874
Telefax: +(230) 4648789
Mexico
Centro deInformación delaDirección General deNormas
SECOFI
Avenida Puente deTecamachalco n6
Col.Lomas deTecamachalco
Naucalpan, 53950 Edo. deMéxico
Telephone: +(525) 7299485
Telefax: +(525) 7299484
Morocco
Sanitary measures:
Ministère del'Agriculture etdelaMise
enValeur agricole
Direction del'Elevage
Quartier Administratif
Chellah-Rabat
Telephone: +(2127) 765077/76 5147
Telefax: +(2127) 764404G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Phytosanitary measures:
Ministère del'Agriculture etdelaMise
enValeur agricole
Direction delaProtection desVégétaux desContrôles
techniques etdelaRépression desFraudes
Avenue delaVictoire -B.P.1308
Rabat
Telephone: +(2127) 771078
Telefax: +(2127) 772553
Myanmar
Directorate ofInvestment andCompany Administration (DICA)
Ministry ofNational Planning andEconomic Development
653-691 Merchant Street
Yangon
Telephone: +(951) 82207/720 52/752 29
Telefax: +(951) 82101
NewZealand
MAF Regulatory Authority (Tim Knox)
ASBBank House
101-103 TheTerrace
Wellington
Telephone: +(644) 4744100
Telefax: +(644) 4744240
Nicaragua
Ing.Danilo Cortés
Dirección General deSanidad Vegetal yAnimal
Ministerio deAgricultura yGanadería
Kilometro 81/2,Carretera aMasaya
Managua
Telephone: +(5052) 783412
Telefax: +(5052) 785864G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Norway
Ministry ofAgriculture
Att:WTO-SPS
PostOffice Box8007 Dep.
0030 Oslo
Telephone: +(47)22249269
Telefax: +(47)22249556
E-mail/Internet: firmapost@ld.dep telemax.no
Pakistan
Dr.Muhammad Shafi
FirstPlant Protection Advisor
Jinnah Avenue
Malir Halt
Karachi
Telephone: +(9221) 4577382/48 2011
Telefax: +(9221) 4574373
Papua NewGuinea
Director-General
Multilateral Operations
Department ofForeign Affairs andTrade
P.O.Box422
Waigani
Telephone: +(675) 271320
Telefax: +(675) 254467
Paraguay
Forinformation onplant health:
-Ministerio deAgricultura yGanadería
Dirección deDefensa Vegetal
Ayolas yBenjamin Constant
Edificio Mercurio, 6Piso
Asunción
Telephone: +(59521) 440307/44 5201/49 3764
Telefax: +(59521) 440307G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Forinformation onanimal health:
-Ministerio deAgricultura yGanadería
Subsecretaría deEstado deGanadería
Alberdi n611yGeneral Díaz
Asunción
Telephone: +(59521) 449404/44 1394/44 0632
Telefax: +(59521) 447250
-Servicio Nacional deSalud Animal (SENACSA)
RutaMcal. Estigarribia, Km10y1/2
SanLorenzo
Telephone: +(59521) 505727/50 1374/50 7862
Telefax: +(59521) 507863
Peru
Dirección General deSalud Ambiental (DIGESA)
Director General: Ing.Jorge Villacorta Chávez
Calle lasAmapolas No.350,Urb.SanEugenio
Lima 14
Telephone: +(511) 4428353/442 8356/442 3168/
4210274/440 0399/421 0258/
4421987/421 0146
Telefax: +(511) 4406562
E-mail/Internet: postmast@digesa.cld.pe
Philippines
Department ofAgriculture
Attn: Office oftheDirector
Planning andMonitoring Service
3rdFloor, Department ofAgriculture Bldg.
Elliptical Road, Diliman
Quezon City1100
Telephone: +(632) 9204078/929 8247
Telefax: +(632) 9280590/920 4078G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Poland
Ministerstwo Rolnictwa iGospodarki Z´ywnos´ciowej
Departament Integracji Europejskiej
iKoordynacji Pomocy Zagranicznej
ul.Wspólna 30
00-930 Warszawa
Telephone: +(4822) 6232072
Telefax: +(4822) 6231509
Qatar
TheMinistry ofPublic Health
P.OBox42
Doha
Telephone: +(974) 417111
Telefax: +(974) 429565
Romania
National Sanitary -Veterinary Agency
Ministry ofAgriculture andFood
B-dul Carol I,no.24,sector 3
70033 Bucharest
Telephone: +(401) 6157875/614 4020
Telefax: +(401) 3124967
Singapore
Head ofFood Control Department
Food Control Department
Ministry oftheEnvironment
40Scotts Road
#19-00 Environment Building
Singapore (0922)
Telephone: +(65) 7319819
Telefax: +(65) 7319746
E-mail/Internet: enve@cs.gov.sgG/SPS/ENQ/4
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Area ofcompetence: Food safety
Director ofPrimary Production
Primary Production Department
5Maxwell Road #03-00
National Development Building
Singapore (0106)
Telephone: +(65) 3257600
Telefax: +(65) 2206068
Area ofcompetence:
(a) Food safety relating tofoodadditives, veterinary drugandpesticide residues,
contaminants methods ofanalysis andsampling, andcodes andguidelines ofhygienic
practice concerning international movements ofmeatandmeatproducts (including
canned meat), fishandfishery products, vegetables andfruits;
(b) Animal, health andzoonoses, thestandards andguidelines andrecommendations
developed under theauspices oftheInternational Office ofEpizootics (OIE) especially
concerning theinternational movements ofanimals andbirds, andtheirproducts
including bones andbonemeal, hides andskins, hoofs, horns, hoofmeal, hornmeal,
offalandanyother product ofanimal origin; semen, fodder, litter, dung oranyanimals
orbirds; veterinary biologics foruseonanimals orbirds; andsimple andcompounded
feedstuffs foranimal consumption;
(c) Plant health including phytosanitary certifications;
(d) Fishhealth including certifications forornamental fishandfishery products;
(e) International movements andcertifications ofendangered species offauna andflora
under agreements oftheConvention onInternational Trade inEndangered Species
(CITES).
Slovak Republic
Slovak Institute forStandardization
Information Centre WTO
Karloveská 63
84245 Bratislava
Telephone: +(427) 496847/49 8030
Telefax: +(427) 497886G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Slovenia
TheMinistry ofEconomic Relations andDevelopment
Kotnikova 5
Ljubljana
Telephone: +(38661) 1713542
Telefax: +(38661) 1713611
South Africa
TheDirector: Marketing
Department ofAgriculture
Private BagX791
Pretoria 0001
Telephone: +(2712) 3196518
Telefax: +(2712) 3263454
SriLanka
Director
Department ofAnimal Productions andHealth
Getambe
Peradeniya
Telephone: +(948) 88462/63
Telefax: +(948) 88195
Switzerland
Association suisse denormalisation
SNV
Mühlebachstrasse 54
CH-8008 Zurich
Telephone: +(411) 2545454
Telefax: +(411) 2545474
Thailand
ThaiIndustrial Standards Institute (TISI)
Ministry ofIndustry
Rama VIStreet, Bangkok 10400
Telephone: +(662) 2023401/202 3507/202 3510
Telefax: +(662) 2478741G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Trinidad andTobago
Mr.Winston Rudder
Permanent Secretary
Ministry ofAgriculture, Land andMarine Resources
St.Clair Circle
PortofSpain
Telephone: +(809) 6221221
Telefax: +(809) 6224246
Tunisia
Animal health, zoonoses andplant safety:
Ministère del'agriculture
30rueAlain Savary
1002 Tunis
Telephone: +(2161) 785633
Telefax: +(2161) 799457
Food safety:
Ministère duCommerce
(Direction générale delaConcurrence etduCommerce intérieur)
6rueVenezuela
1002 Tunis
Telephone: +(2161) 787702
Telefax: +(2161) 781847
Turkey
Mr.Yusuf Salcan
Tarim veKöyisleri Bakanligi
Koruma veKontrol Genel Müdürlügü
Akay Cad. No.3
Ankara
Telephone: +(90312) 4181468
Telefax: +(90312) 4188005G/SPS/ENQ/4
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Uganda
Uganda National Bureau ofStandards
P.O.Box6329
Kampala
Telephone: +(25641) 236606/25 8669
United States
USDA/FAS/OFSTS
Attn: Carolyn F.Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
14thandIndependence
Washington, D.C. 20250
Telephone: +(202) 7202239
Telefax: +(202) 6900677
Uruguay
Ministerio deRelaciones Exteriores
Dirección General deAsuntos Económicos
Avenida 18deJulio 1205
Montevideo
Telephone: +(5982) 920618
Telefax: +(5982) 921327/92 4290
Venezuela
Ministerio deAgricultura yCría
Servicio Autonomo deSanidad Agropecuaria
Parque Central, Torre Este
Caracas 1010
Telephone: +(582) 5090377/509 0596
Telefax: +(582) 5090376
Zambia
Mr.F.Siame
Permanent Secretary
Ministry ofCommerce, Trade andIndustry
Lusaka
Telephone: +(2601) 221475
Telefax: +(2601) 226673