WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/PER/8
8 March 1999
(99-0930)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  PERU
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible: National Agrarian Health Service – SENASA
Ministry of Agriculture
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited
with the WTO.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Live
bovine animals and other products
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:   Emergency Measures to Prohibit
the Import of Live Bovine Animals and Bovine, Ovine or Caprine Products andBy-Products
5. Description of content:   Prohibits the import of live bovine animals and bovine, ovine or
caprine products and by-products (including brains, spinal cords, thymus glands, spleens,
tonsils, intestines, nerve tissue and lymphatic tissue).
6. Objective and rationale:  To prevent the entry of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):   Maintain the health status of Peru, free of this disease.
8. An international standard, guidelin e or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or  recommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:   Andean Community Resolution 447
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Departmental
Resolution No. 109-98-AG-SENASA (in Spanish)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  As of the date of
publication in the Official Journal.
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
National enquiry point [     ] or address, telefax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria – SENASA – Ministerio de Agricultura
Pasaje Zela s/n 10° piso, Ministerio de  Agricultura – Jesús María – Lima – Peru
Fax:  (00511) 4314478, 4310224, 4230320
E-mail: odominguez@senasa.minag.gob.pe
lrevolledo@senasa.minag.gob.pe