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Notifying
Member: PHILIPPINES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Department of
Agriculture - Bureau of Animal Industry
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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):
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01.05 Live
poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species, Gallus domesticus, ducks,
geese, turkeys and, guinea fowls
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01.06.20 -
Birds of prey
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01.06.32 ---
Psittaciformes
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01.06.33 ---
Ostriches, emus
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02.07 Meat and
edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen
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04.07 Birds'
eggs, in shell, fresh, (except for preserved or cooked)
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners DA-Accredited Countries
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
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Title of
the notified document: Department
of Agriculture Administrative Circular No. 09, Series of 2025,
Guidelines on the Bilateral Recognition on Regionalization of High
Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) from Accredited Countries for Export of
Live Birds (Poultry and Non-Poultry), its Products and By-Products. Language(s): English. Number of
pages: 6
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2026/SPS/PHL/26_00364_00_e.pdf
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Description
of content: The DA Administrative
Circular No. 9, series of 2025, Guidelines on the Bilateral Recognition on
Regionalization of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) from Accredited
Countries for Export of Live Birds (Poultry and Non-Poultry), its Products
and By-Products, provides guidance for applicant countries to implement
zoning or regionalization.
This
circular, like the one for ASF, is a major shift from a country-wide import
ban to a science-based regionalization approach.
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Objective
and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
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Nature
of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: The Circular has completed its publication in the general
circulation and now being currently implemented.
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9.
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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the
standard:
[ ] Codex
Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial
number of Codex standard or related text):
[X] World
Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or
Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number): Chapter 10.4.; Chapter 10.9.; Chapter 5.10.; Chapter 6.5. ;
and Chapter 7.3
[ ] International
Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[ ] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to
the relevant international standard?
[X] Yes
[ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and
why it deviates from the international standard:
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Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
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11.
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Date of
entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period
of application (as applicable): 27 November
2025
[ ] Trade facilitating
measure
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Agency
or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address
(if available) of other body:
Office of the
Director
Policy
Research Service
Department of
Agriculture
Elliptical
Road, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: +(632) 8
926 7439
Fax: +(632) 8
928 0590
E-mail: spspilipinas@da.gov.ph
spspilipinas@gmail.com
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Text(s) available
from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Office of the Director
Policy Research Service
Department of Agriculture
Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: +(632) 8 926 7439
Fax: +(632) 8 928 0590
E-mail: spspilipinas@da.gov.ph
spspilipinas@gmail.com
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