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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/PER/45
24 January 2003
(03-0438)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  PERU
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  National Agrarian Health Service – SENASA
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Plants, plant products and other regulated articles
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine
Regulation (15 pages)
6. Description of content:  Establishes the procedures for the importation, exportation,
international transit and internal quarantine of plants, plant products and other regulatedarticles.
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection, [   ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from other
damage from pests
Health protection of plants
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[    ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] NoneIf an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft Supreme
Decree (available in Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:  4 April 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  4 April 2003
12. Final date for comments :  4 March 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:  National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA)G/SPS/N/PER/45
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13. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA)
Pasaje Francisco de Zela s/n, 10th floor
Fax:  (+511) 433-8048 / 433-2851E-mail:  adelarosa@senasa.gob.pe , jbarrenechea@senasa.gob.pe
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Web site:  www.senasa.gob.pe