National Notification Authority

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National Notification Authority
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WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION

• SPS National Notification Authority
• Responsibilities
• Process new SPS notifications sent from the WTO
  Website
• Targeted distribution of notifications to
  stakeholders
• Requesting full texts from other members
• Receiving and forwarding comments
• Record keeping

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Notifications made by other Members

• Receipt
• Recording /Summary
• Distribution List/Distribution
• Filing

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Accessing new notifications

• Best Practice is using the SPS IMS Based System.
  
• Accessing SPS IMS website to generate Excel
  summary sheets
• Log on to the SPS IMS site http//spsims.wto.org

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Summary Sheet notifications
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Distribution Lists

• Develop a distribution list
• Business groups in your organisation
• Other government departments
• Research / Educational Organisations
• Industry groups

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Identifying Possible Stakeholders

• Notification to
• Food safety
• Border Standards
• Post-clearance
• Protect territory from other damage from pests
• Additional Notification to
• Pesticides or animal remedies
• Biological compounds

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Following up notifications made by Other Members

• Initiating a request for further information
• Making the request for further information
• Recording

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HANDLING COMMENTS NOTIFIED DOCUMENTS

• acknowledge receipt of comments
• discuss comments if requested to
• explain to all commenter's on how their comments
  are being considered in the final SPS measure
• provide extra information on the measure if
  requested
• and, in all cases, send to all commenter's a copy
  of the final SPS measure when it is adopted.

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• Method of delivery
• Which documents to send
• Filing

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National Enquiry Point
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National Enquiry Point

• Receipt of request
• Acknowledging, recording and filing
• Which documents to send
• Method of delivery

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