11.   The Russian Agriculture Ministry earlier announced it had stopped issuing import permits for U.S. chicken and other poultry, and would impose a full ban effective Sunday.

12.   The Russian Agriculture Ministry announced last week it had stopped issuing import permits for U.S. chicken and other poultry and would impose a full ban Sunday.

13.   The Russian Agriculture Ministry announced last week that it had stopped issuing import permits for U.S. chicken and other poultry, and would impose a full ban on Sunday.

14.   The three committees are assessing the risks after the environment ministers of all member states except France last June refused import permits.

15.   Those concerns prompted Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt to freeze import permits.

16.   With an import permit, Gilbert said he usually brings in cuttings, which must pass inspection by the Department of Agriculture.

17.   However, the Ankara authorities failed to come up with an import permit.

18.   But Kuala Lumpur said it would modify the licensing procedure to a system which would approve import permits freely, the Singapore statement said.