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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/PER/20
13 September 2000
(00-3533)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  PERU
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  National Agricultural 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). Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, swine and their products
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  The Importation of Cattle, Buffalo,
Sheep, Goats, Swine and their Products from Greece is Suspended.
5. Description of content:  The importation of cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, swine, and their
products such as meat, giblets, milk, semen or embryos from Greece is suspended
temporarily for a period of 90 days.
6. Objective and rationale:  [     ] food safety,  [  X   ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests
Animal health protection, minimizing the risk of introducing this disease by the
application of sanitary measures for imports of biungulate species and their products.
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  The appearance of six (06) outbreaks of foot and mouth
disease serotype Asia 1 in the Evros Delta, Greece.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Measures based on the International Animal
Health Code of the OIE on mammals, birds and bees and on Resolution 447 of the Andean
Community.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolución Jefatural
No. 138-2000-AG-SENASA (1 page, in Spanish)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  From 18 August 2000G/SPS/N/PER/20
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11. Texts available from/and 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:
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria – SENASA
Dirección General de Sanidad AnimalPasaje Zela s/n, Edificio Ministerio de Agricultura
Piso 10, Lima 11
Perú
Fax:  (+511) 431 4478/423 0320
E-mail: odominguez@senasa.minag.gob.pe