NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication,
received on 1 December 2017, is being
circulated at the request of the Delegation of Norway.
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Proposal
for amendments to the Regulations relating to alien organisms
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The
proposal amends the Regulations relating to alien organisms, which were
notified on 28 July 2014 in G/SPS/N/NOR/33. The amendments entail that the
current prohibition against imports of live American lobsters (Homarus Americanus) is replaced by the
general requirement in the Regulations for a permit on strict conditions. The
prohibitions in the Regulations against the placing on the market and release
of live American lobsters will remain in place. The proposal also includes an
amendment to the exemption provision in Section 31, which largely entails
that only one of the two preconditions for exemption must be fulfilled in
order for an exemption to be granted, rather than both, as is the case at present.
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