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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/PER/26
3 April 2001
(01-1660)
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).  Live Animals  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:  All
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Departmental Resolution
to Authorize Quarantine Centres and Isolation Zones.
5. Description of content: Establishes the health requirements for the authorization and
registration to operate Export or Import Quarantine Centres and Quarantine Isolation Zones.
Natural and legal persons seeking this authorization should submit an application
complying with SENASA requirements.
Only the movement of animals for quarantine purposes is authorized, from border
posts or from place of origin, to SENASA authorized and registered quarantineestablishments.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
International Animal Health Code 2000 Chapter 1.4.4.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Proposed
Departmental Resolution
9. Proposed date of adoption:  7 May 2001
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  7 May 2001G/SPS/N/PER/26
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11. Final date for comments:  22 April 2001
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X] National notification
authority, [  X] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           