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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/PER/15
27 March 2000
(00-1241)
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 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). Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Garlic and onions
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Pest of Quarantine Importance in
Garlic and Onion Fields in the Department of Arequipa and a Pest which is not Present inthe Country (2 pages)
5. Description of content:  The Supreme Decree declares the bulb and stem nematode,
Ditylenchus dipseci , a pest of quarantine importance for Peru, found only in garlic and
onion fields in the department of  Arequipa.  It also declares Ditylenchus destructor,  a pest
of quarantine importance which is not present in the country;  therefore the import of onion
bulbs ( Allium cepa ) and garlic bulbs ( Allium sativum ), regardless of origin, means of trade,
quantity and use, must come from areas free of such pests, declared by the official plantprotection body in the country of origin and approved by the National Agrarian Health
Service - SENASA.
6. Objective and rationale:  [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  To protect the phytosanitary status of areas in Peru that
produce garlic and onions which are free of this plague.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  FAO International Plant Protection
Convention, Rome, 1992
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Supreme Decree
No. 030-99-AG (available in Spanish)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  24 August 1999G/SPS/N/PER/15
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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
Ministerio de AgriculturaPasaje Zela s/n Piso 10
Jesús María
Fax:  (+51) 4332851/4338048
E-mail: adelarosa@senasa.minag.gob.pe
ibarrenechea@senasa.minag.gob.pe