Assessment of Risk and Determination of the Appropriate Level of Sanitary or Phytosanitary Protection

Use of risk assessment

6.1.2.1.1 Field of risk assessment

In such circumstances, Members shall seek to obtain the additional information necessary for a more objective assessment of risk and review the sanitary or phytosanitary measure accordingly within a reasonable period of time.

6.1.2.1 Overall design of the system and continuous performance of risk assessment and risk management, and of risk-related communication

The Slovene system of foodstuff/food safety is based on science and risk assessment

The cost of risk assessment shall be borne by the notifier if the Party of import so requires.

The Party of import may, at its discretion, require a risk assessment for subsequent imports.

Careful preoperative assessment of donors in LRD is essential to minimise the risk of mortality.

Identification of »new« chemical, biological and physical risk factors, their tracing and risk assessment in the Republic of Slovenia, and prevention of their occurrence.

(h) Methods used for the prediction of risks, including criteria for the monitoring and assessment of transboundary effects.

The Party of import shall ensure that risk assessments are carried out for decisions taken under Article 10. It may require the exporter to carry out the risk assessment.

The assessment of their role in disease development is difficult, because several risk factors are often presented simultaneously.

(a) A change in circumstances has occurred that may influence the outcome of the risk assessment upon which the decision was based; or

(a) the identification and analysis of hazards and the assessment of risks including consideration of possible interactions between substances;

Risk assessment of our foods revealed that only 17 samples did not meet our regulations on food safety which is approximately 1% of all samples.

The process of risk analysis is going on, but there still exist staff- related and premises related problems and problems with equipment which are noted in all institutions in the field of risk analysis, particularly in the field of risk assessment for human health;

(c) assessment of compliance with the rules on capital adequacy and of risk concentration and intra-group transactions as set out in Articles 6, 7 and 8;

Strengthening all sources - human, material and financial in order to assure efficient performance of tasks in the field of risk assessment for human health.

- to strengthen the area of the process of risk assessment for human health, represented by foodstuffs which are unsuitable from the health and hygiene aspects;

(c) risk assessment procedures, factors taken into consideration, as well as the determination of the appropriate level of sanitary or phytosanitary protection;

The practical availability of other means of disposal should be considered in the light of a comparative risk assessment involving both dumping and the alternatives.

(c) A summary of the risk assessment of the effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health; and

Introduction of nutritional screening and of the assessment of patients and of nutritional support for patients with risk factors for undernourishment into clinical practice

Depending on the case, risk assessment takes into account the relevant technical and scientific details regarding the characteristics of the following subjects:

The process of risk assessment may on the one hand give rise to a need for further information about specific subjects, which may be identified and requested during the assessment process, while on the other hand information on other subjects may not be relevant in some instances.

7 Child victims shall not be returned to a State, if there is indication, following a risk and security assessment, that such return would not be in the best interests of the child.

Members shall ensure that their sanitary or phytosanitary measures are based on an assessment, as appropriate to the circumstances, of the risks to human, animal or plant life or health, taking into account risk assessment techniques developed by the relevant international organizations.

The results of such monitoring activities shall be presented as much as practical in the cartographic form, with a view to facilitating the risk assessment and decision making process.

Risk assessment should be carried out in a scientifically sound and transparent manner, and can take into account expert advice of, and guidelines developed by, relevant international organizations.

Evaluation of the efficacy of studies, of the risk assessment and of monitoring programmes in providing knowledge, necessary for the development and implementation of programmes which ensure the highest possible level of public health.

(16) An assessment of the extent to which modifications, repair work and maintenance work on the hazardous activity could place the control measures at risk, and the consequent arrangements to ensure that control is maintained.

Risk analysis is a process which consists of a scientific evaluation of risks which a foodstuff or its ingredients can pose, assessment of people` s exposure and evaluation of risks on health of an individual or special populations, risks management e.g. by choosing suitable measures for prevention and control of risks, and providing risk communication.

(2) The provisions of Articles 27 and 28 of this Act regarding the demarcation of risk between public procurement and concession partnerships shall apply mutatis mutandis to the assessment of equity partnership and the procedure of selecting public-private partnership.

Each Party shall take appropriate measures to prevent unintentional transboundary movements of living modified organisms, including such measures as requiring a risk assessment to be carried out prior to the first release of a living modified organism.

Cooperation in capacity-building shall, subject to the different situation, capabilities and requirements of each Party, include scientific and technical training in the proper and safe management of biotechnology, and in the use of risk assessment and risk management for biosafety, and the enhancement of technological and institutional capacities in biosafety.

Measures based on risk assessment shall be imposed to the extent necessary to prevent adverse effects of the living modified organism on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, within the territory of the Party of import.

The objective of risk assessment, under this Protocol, is to identify and evaluate the potential adverse effects of living modified organisms on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in the likely potential receiving environment, taking also into account risks to human health.

Evidence shows that it is possible to improve classroom attainment with methods such as formative assessment - a process of feeding back information about performance to student and teacher and adapting and improving teaching and learning in response, particularly with students at risk.

Ultrasonographic methods are of great use for precise assessment of functional changes of endothelium in peripheral arteries which are manifested as reduced dilation response during reactive hyperaemia in patients with atherosclerotic vessel disease and in subjects with risk factors for atherosclerosis.

The Parties shall, taking into account Article 8 (g) of the Convention, establish and maintain appropriate mechanisms, measures and strategies to regulate, manage and control risks identified in the risk assessment provisions of this Protocol associated with the use, handling and transboundary movement of living modified organisms.

This means, inter alia, that conformity assessment procedures shall not be more strict or be applied more strictly than is necessary to give the importing Member adequate confidence that products conform with the applicable technical regulations or standards, taking account of the risks non-conformity would create.

Assessment of spontaneous body movements of newborns from video recordings is a diagnostic method that has not yet been introduced in Slovenia. Spontaneous movements of neurologically damaged newborns have been evaluated in order to determine if such movement distinguishes newborns at high risk for possible neurological impairment from healthy ones.

In the assessment of risks, Members shall take into account available scientific evidence; relevant processes and production methods; relevant inspection, sampling and testing methods; prevalence of specific diseases or pests; existence of pest- or disease-free areas; relevant ecological and environmental conditions; and quarantine or other treatment.

Such risk assessments shall be based, at a minimum, on information provided in accordance with Article 8 and other available scientific evidence in order to identify and evaluate the possible adverse effects of living modified organisms on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health.

Notwithstanding Article 4 and without prejudice to any right of a Party to subject all living modified organisms to risk assessment prior to the making of decisions on import, this Protocol shall not apply to the transboundary movement of living modified organisms which are pharmaceuticals for humans that are addressed by other relevant international agreements or organisations.

Each Member shall, after consulting the representative organizations of employers and workers, adopt appropriate measures to ensure that pregnant or breastfeeding women are not obliged to perform work which has been determined by the competent authority to be prejudicial to the health of the mother or the child, or where an assessment has established a significant risk to the mother's health or that of her child.

(c) Summaries of its risk assessments or environmental reviews of living modified organisms generated by its regulatory process, and carried out in accordance with Article 15, including, where appropriate, relevant information regarding products thereof, namely, processed materials that are of living modified organism origin, containing detectable novel combinations of replicable genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology;

Risk assessment - The evaluation of the likelihood of entry, establishment or spread of a pest or disease within the territory of an importing Member according to the sanitary or phytosanitary measures which might be applied, and of the associated potential biological and economic consequences; or the evaluation of the potential for adverse effects on human or animal health arising from the presence of additives, contaminants, toxins or disease-causing organisms in food, beverages or feedstuffs.

Notwithstanding Article 4 and without prejudice to any right of a Party to subject all living modified organisms to risk assessment prior to decisions on import and to set standards for contained use within its jurisdiction, the provisions of this Protocol with respect to the advance informed agreement procedure shall not apply to the transboundary movement of living modified organisms destined for contained use undertaken in accordance with the standards of the Party of import.