World Trade
Organization G/SPS/GEN/1156/Rev.1
3 October 2012 (12-5350) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures


PROGRAMME FOR WORKSHOP ON TRANSPARENCY

Note by the Secretariat

Revision


The Secretariat of the World Trade Organization is organizing a special workshop on the transparency provisions of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement), to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, 15 October 2012 and in the morning of Tuesday, 16 October 2012. The workshop will be followed by informal and formal meetings of the SPS Committee, lasting until Friday, 19 October 2012. Representatives of Members, Observers and Observer Organizations are all invited to participate in the transparency workshop as well as the subsequent meeting of the Committee.
The workshop is intended to be a highly interactive, "hands-on" training event focussing in particular on the use of the SPS Information Management System (S

World Trade
Organization G/SPS/N/COL/231/Add.1
20 March 2012 (121497) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish


NOTIFICATION

Addendum


The following communication, received on 15 March 2012, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Colombia.

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Healthrelated measures applying to vessels engaged in the harvesting, freezing or processing of fishery products The Republic of Colombia hereby notifies that the draft Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution "Establishing the Technical Regulation on the sanitary requirements to be met by vessels engaged in the harvesting, freezing or processing of fishery products and establishing the procedure for obtaining HACCP system certification for fishing vessels destined for the European Union", notified on 8 November 2011 by the World Trade Organization in document G/SPS/N/COL/231, was issued on 8 March 2012, pursuant to Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution N

World Trade
Organization G/SPS/N/THA/202
28 April 2011 (11-2184) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: English


NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES

1. Notifying Member: Thailand
If applicable, name of local government involved: 2. Agency responsible: Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA) 3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Import requirement for food with risk from radionuclide contamination (ICS Code 67.040) 4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[ ] All trading partners
[X] Specific regions or countries: Japan 5. Title of the notified document: Draft Ministry of Public Health Notification entitled "Import Requirement for Food with Risk from Radionuclide Contamination" Language(s): Thai and English Number of pages: 1
http://member

World Trade
Organization G/SPS/N/KOR/352/Add.1
23 February 2011 (11-0931) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: English


NOTIFICATION

Addendum


The following communication, received on 21 February 2011, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Republic of Korea.

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Notice of Changes to the Proposed Import Health Requirements for Natural Casings from Cloven-hoofed Animals (MIFAFF Notice 2009-305) The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) of the Republic of Korea is advising the public of the Ministry's decision to modify the proposed import health requirements which were notified on 10 December 2009 (G/SPS/N/KOR/352). After reviewing the comments received, MIFAFF has decided to modify the import health requirements. The key change has been removing the "prohibited area for pork casings" subject to disinfection upon arrival in the Republic of Korea. We are also allowi

World Trade
Organization G/SPS/N/ARG/133
25 June 2010 (103502) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish


NOTIFICATION

1. Notifying Member: Argentina
If applicable, name of local government involved: 2. Agency responsible: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria, SENASA (National Agriculture and Food Quality and Health Service) 3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Fresh bananas (Musa spp.) 4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[ ] All trading partners
[X] Specific regions or countries: Colombia 5. Title of the notified document: Actualización de requisitos fitosanitarios establecidos por Argentina para el ingreso de fruto fresco de banana (Musa spp.) originarios de Colombia (Updated phytosanitary requirements established by Arg

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