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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/PER/37
21 November 2001
(01-5899)
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).  Live bovine animals, products and by-products of bovine, sheep or goat origin
(including brains, spinal cords, thymus glands, spleens, tonsils, intestines, nerve tissue andlymphatic tissue), as well as the import of concentrated foods, including meat and
bone-meal containing mammal proteins for animal feed.   Regions or countries likely to be
affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  United Kingdom, Ireland, France,
Portugal, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgiu m, Luxembourg, Denmark, Spain, Germany,
Italy, Czech Republic, Greece, Japan and Slovakia
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Import Ban on Products and
By-Products of Bovine, Sheep or Goat Or igin from Countries Affected by Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).  Departmental Resolution No. 210-2001-AG-SENASA
5. Description of content:  Import ban on live bovine animals, products and by-products of
bovine, sheep or goat origin (including brains, spinal cords, thymus glands, spleens, tonsils,
intestines, nerve tissue and lymphatic tissue) and on concentrated foods, including meat and
bone-meal containing mammal proteins for animal feed.
6. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from
other damage from pests.  To prevent the introduction of Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy (BSE or Mad Cow Disease) from the affected countries.
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  The occurrence of BSE has been reported in various
European countries, making it necessary to amend and add to Peruvian rules in this regard.
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 IOE International
Animal Health Code on mammals, birds and bees.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Departmental
Resolution No. 210-2001-AG-SENASA (1 page) (available in Spanish).
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  From 27 October 2001G/SPS/N/PER/37
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11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[  ] National notification authority, [   ] 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:  +(51 1) 431 4478/423 0320
E-mail:  postmaster@senasa.gob.pe
odominguez@senasa.gob.pe