Establishment of National SPS Notification Authority & National Enquiry Point Saudi Arabian Experience

1. Transparency Workshop Establishment of National SPS Notification Authority & National Enquiry PointSaudi Arabian Experience Geneva - October 2010

2. Content • Introduction • History • Planning • Operation of Saudi SPS-CP - Processing Saudi Arabian notifications - Processing other WTO members notifications - Dealing with enquiries • Challenges

3. Introduction History: On 3 November, 2003 – Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) was established. On 11 December, 2005-Saudi Arabia became the 149th Member of the WTO. On 12 February, 2007 - SFDA mandate was approved by the Saudi council of ministers. SFDA is an independent body with an independent budget. SFDA reports directly to the premier of the council of ministers

4. SFDA-Main Objectives 1.To insure safety and wholesomeness of food & feed. 2.To insure safety, effectiveness, and availability of drug for human and animals. 3.To insure safety of biological, chemicals, Cosmetics, and pesticides. 4.To insure the safety of medical devices.

5. SFDA-Main Objectives 5. To establish well defined policies and procedures for food & drug and make the necessary plans to achieve these policies. 6.To perform research and studies to highlight the health problems and their causes. 7. To establish a good communication and cooperation with various share holders both locally and internationally.

6. Establishing Saudi SPS Contact Point- Planning

9. Resources for SPS Contact Point- SFDA Physical Resource • Computer • Phone • Fax • Copier • Printer • Scanner Human Resource • Director • Coordinator • CP Operators (2) • IT specialist • Secretary • Follow-up • Technical Resource • Internet • e-mail • Web page

10. Operation of the Contact Point (CP) Main Responsibilities Writing and auditing the Saudi SPS notifications. Mailing the Saudi SPS notifications. Processing notifications from member countries. Answering enquiries and providing relevant documents. Delivery and charging information and documents to other government agencies.

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15. Saudi SPS Contact Point Workflow World Trade Organization Other member notifications Member notifications Other WTO Information • Saudi - SPS Contact Point • Responsibilities • - Process new SPS notifications sent from the WTO Website • - Targeted distribution of notifications to stakeholders • - Requesting full texts from other countries • Receiving and forwarding submissions • - Record keeping • Answer all reasonable questions from interested (WTO) • members) Requests for full texts • WTO members • Other countries • Stakeholders • Industries • Other Government Agencies • International organizations Comments Requests for Information New notifications Back

16. Writing Notifications Workflow SFDA OR Other Government Agencies Amended SPS Measures New SPS Measures (Draft) Saudi SPS Contact Point Writing & Reviewing Notifications Mailing Notifications to WTO secretariat at crn@wto.org Back

17. Responding to Enquiries Workflow WTO Members Comments Queries Saudi SPS Contact Point Send to Other Government Agencies Deal with (SFDA) Forwards response to WTO member Back

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20. موقع اتفاقية التدابير الصحية والصحة النباتية على موقع الهيئة العامة للغذاء والدواء Back