. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/ARG/59
24 January 2001
(01-0388)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ARGENTINA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  National Agriculture and Food Quality and 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). Foodstuffs containing ingredients such as meat, offal, entrails, by-products or
derivatives of ruminant origin.  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:  United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain,
France, Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Luxembour g, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Russian
Federation, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, Oman, Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Temporary Prohibition on the
Entry of Foodstuffs Containing Ingredients su ch as Meat, Offal, Entrails, By-Products or
Derivatives of Ruminant Origin Originating from Certain Countries
5. Description of content:  The provisions of Resolution 42/2001 contain the temporary
prohibition on the entry of foodstuffs containing ingredients such as meat, offal, entrails,by-products or derivatives of ruminant origin originating from certain countries, owing to
changes in the epidemiological situation and recent developments in bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) and new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in Europe.
Argentina is regarded as a country free of transmittable BSE and it is of
fundamental importance to maintain this condition.
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           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  Because of changes in the epidemiological situation of
BSE and new variant CJD and in order to safeguard public health.
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:  OIE Animal Health Code, Chapter 2,
point 3.13
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution SENASA
42/2001 (available in Spanish)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  ImmediatelyG/SPS/N/ARG/59
Page 2
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:
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food
National Directorate for Agri-Food MarketsAv. Paseo Colón 922 (1063), P.B. oficina n° 40
Tel:  (5411) 4349-2242/3
Fax:  (5411) 4349-2244
E-mail:  gpetri@sagyp.mecon.gov.ar
 ecolom@sagyp.mecon.gov.ar
National Agriculture and Food Quality and Health Service
Av. Paseo Colón 367 (1063), 5° piso
Tel:  (5411) 4345-4110
Fax:  (5411) 4334-4738
E-mail:  relint@inea.com.ar