WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/VEN/9
12 March 2003
(03-1409)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  VENEZUELA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Land / Autonomous Agricultural Health
Service (SASA)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):
Chapter VII:  07.13.20 to 07.13.40.90;
Chapter X:  In full;
Chapter XI:  11.02.10 to 11.02.30;
Chapter XII:  12.01 , 12.02 , 12. 06 , 12.07:  12.07.40, 12.08 .
Wheat, maize (corn), rice, sorghum, chickpeas, beans, sunflower seeds, sesamum seeds,
soya beans, ground nuts, linseed and similar grains and seeds and the flours and meals
thereof.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
This restriction is applicable to products originating in or consigned from the following
countries:
• Europe: Austria, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain and Switzerland;
• Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei, Cyprus, India, Iran, Iraq,
Israel, Korea, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria,
Turkey and Yemen;
• Africa: Angola, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, The Gambia,
Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal,
Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe;
• Oceania: Indonesia and Malaysia
and all other countries in which the Khapra beetle  (Trogoderma granarium ) has been
reported.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Resolution
Prohibiting the Importation of Wheat, Maize (Corn), Rice, Sorghum, Chickpeas, Beans,
Sunflower Seeds, Sesamum Seeds, Soya Beans, Ground Nuts, Linseed and Similar Grains
and Seeds and the Flours and Meals Thereof Originating in or Consigned from the Above-
mentioned Countries Where the Species Is Found and Where It Is Affected by the Khapra
Beetle  (Trogoderma granarium )  (3 pages, in Spanish).G/SPS/N/VEN/9
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6. Description of content:  This draft Resolution prohibits the importation of wheat, maize
(corn), rice, sorghum, chickpeas, beans, sunflower seeds, sesamum seeds, soya beans,
ground nuts, linseed and similar grains and seeds and the flours and meals thereof in order
to protect domestic production and prevent the introduction and spread of the Khapra
beetle  (Trogoderma granarium ) and other beetles of the Dermestidae family, considered to
be the most destructive stored product pests.
Only species meeting the following requirements may be imported from the above-
mentioned countries:
(A) The certificate of embarkation should state that the product has undergone chemical
treatment of proven effectiveness and, as an additional declaration, that it is free
from pests of the genus Trogoderma.
(B) Entry of the above-mentioned products into Venezuela will be contingent upon the
outcome of the inspection by the SASA.
Offenders will be penalized under the Animal and Plant Health Protection Law, without
prejudice to the application of any other related legislation.
7. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [   X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [    ] None
If 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:  Available in Spanish
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not indicated
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the  Official Gazette.
12. Final date for comments:  60 days following submission of the notification by the
Permanent Mission at Geneva to the SPS Committee.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Autonomous Agricultural Health Service (SASA),
Av. Lecuna, Torre Este, 12th floor, Parque Central, El Conde,
Caracas, Venezuela.
Tel.:  (58 212) 509-0140 / 509-0184 / 509-0315 / 509-0378
Fax:  (58 212) 509-0376E-mail:  mat_sasa@yahoo.esG/SPS/N/VEN/9
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13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Autonomous Agricultural Health Service (SASA),
Av. Lecuna, Torre Este, 12th floor, Parque Central, El Conde,
Caracas, Venezuela.Tel.:  (58 212) 509-0140 / 509-0184 / 509-0315 / 509-0378
Fax:  (58 212) 509-0376
E-mail:  mat_sasa@yahoo.es