Regular and Emergency notifications
An overview of the differences between regular and emergency notifications:
- Regular notifications: recommended comment period of 60 days, while emergency notifications have no comment period.
- On the emergency format, need to identify the nature of the urgent problem, and where appropriate, give the period of application.
What if a measure does not respond to an emergency situation, but the
measure is already in place at the time of notification, so that there
will be no comment period? It should be a regular notification, because
the notification itself is urgent, not the problem that it deals with.
Where urgent problems of health protection arise, or threaten to arise, new measures can be introduced without advance notification, subject to:
- immediate notification including objective, rationale, and nature of problem
- copies on request to other Members
- discussion of written comments with other Members, on request
- comments and discussion to be taken into account
The second format is for emergency notifications. These are used when “urgent problems of health protection arise or threaten to arise for a member”.
The first 7 items of Emergency Notification are the same as on the Regular format.
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1. Member
to Agreement notifying: If
applicable, name of the local government involved:
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2. Agency
responsible:
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3. Products
covered (provide tariff item numbers(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):
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4. Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
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5. Title,
language and number of pages of the notified document:
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6. Description
of content:
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7. Objective
and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ]
protect human from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from
other damage from pests
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8.
Nature of the urgent problem (s)
and reason for urgent action:
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9.
International standard, guideline
or recommendation:
[ ] Codex
Alimentarius Commission, [ ] Office International des Epizooties,[ ]
International Plant Protection Convention, [ ] None If an International
standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate reference
and briefly identify deviations:
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10.
Relevant documents and language(s)
in which these are available:
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11.
Date of entry into force/period of
application (as applicable):
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12. Agency or authority designated to
handle comments: [ ] National
notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and
E-mail address ( if available) of other body:
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13.
Text available from: [ ] National notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
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8. Nature of urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: Indication of the underlying reasons for resorting to emergency action.
9. Existence of international standard, guideline or recommendation :If a relevant international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, put a cross in the box provided for the appropriate standard-setting organisation and give the appropriate reference of the existing standard, guideline or recommendation and briefly describe how the proposed regulation deviates from the international standard, guideline or recommendation. If no international standards, guideline or recommendation exists, put a cross in the box ‘none’.
10.Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Documents referenced here are different to those listed in box 5. Documents which should be referenced include:
(a) Measure(s) taken and basic regulation which was modified (with specific reference number or other identification), and the language(s) in which the notified documents and any summary of these are available;
(b) Publication in which regulation will appear;
If it is necessary to charge for documents supplied, the amount of the charge should be indicated.
11. Date of entry into force and period of application: The date from which the requirements entered into force, and, if applicable, the period of time during which they will apply. (For example: immediate entry into force [date], duration of two months.)
12. Agency or authority handling comments : The agency or authority which has been designated to handle the comments should be indicated. If this is the national notification authority or the national enquiry point, put a cross in the box provided. If another agency or authority has been designated, provide its name, address, fax and (if available) E-mail address.
13. Texts available from : If available from the national notification authority or enquiry point, put a cross in the respective box. If available from another body, give its address, fax number and (if available) E-mail address. Such indications do not in any way discharge the relevant enquiry point of its responsibilities under the provisions of Annex B, Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the SPS Agreement. World wide web address of document notified, if available.
Related articles:
- Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) - Part 1
- Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) - Part 2
- Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) - Part 3
- Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) - Part 4
- Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) - Part 5
- Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) - Part 6
- Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) - Part 7
- Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) - Part 8