Saint Lucia
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5.1 (a), (b), (c), (d)
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| Indicative date of implementation | 28 May 2025 |
| Definitive date of implementation | 31 December 2025 |
| Deadline for extension request, if required | 2 September 2025 |
| Assistance required for implementation |
Legal and regulatory assistance: • St. Lucia Animal (National & International Movement & Disease Prevention) Act • Plant Protection Act Business process analysis: • Set up clear areas of responsibility and mechanisms for carrying out related duties and tasks, including confirmatory tests validity across the whole country and process of notification of the component in the exporting country. • Develop and validate a manual on standard operating procedures on import alert/rapid alert, including a proposal for border agency coordination. Disseminate the manual, if possible through a website, the concerned institutions with a view to clarify their respective interventions. Training and capacity building: • Provide training and capacity building for confirmatory testing for products that are the potential subjects of alerts and rapid alerts. Organize seminars for agents on the organization of inspection procedures, for technical staff in the areas of laboratory and laboratory management, rules, practices and equipment use according to international standards. Organize also focused seminars for economic operators. |
| Donor / Agency | Not yet notified |
| Progress reported | Not yet notified |