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|                                                  | *G/SPS/N/ARG/73** |
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|                                                  | 27 April 2005     |
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|                                                  | (05-1705)         |
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| **Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary        | Original: Spanish |
| Measures**                                       |                   |
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NOTIFICATION

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| ** | **Member to Agreement notifying:** [ARGENTINA]{.underline}      |
| 1. |                                                                 |
| ** | **If applicable, name of local government involved:**           |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:** National Agriculture and Food Quality   |
| 2. | and Health Service (SENASA)                                     |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified  |
| 3. | in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers       |
| ** | should be provided in addition, where applicable):** Wood       |
|    | packaging material                                              |
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| ** | **Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent     |
| 4. | relevant or practicable:**                                      |
| ** |                                                                 |
|    | All countries                                                   |
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| ** | **Title, language and number of pages of the notified           |
| 5. | document:** \"Adoption of International Standard for            |
| ** | Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 15\" (4 pages, in Spanish).   |
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| ** | **Description of content:** This draft Resolution adopts        |
| 6. | International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 15 |
| ** | \"Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in          |
|    | International Trade\". All wood packaging and/or support        |
|    | material and dunnage entering or in transit through Argentina   |
|    | must be treated and certified by means of the corresponding     |
|    | mark in accordance with the above international standard.       |
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| ** | **Objective and rationale: \[**   **\] food safety, \[**   **\] |
| 7. | animal health, \[**   **\] plant protection, \[**   **\]        |
| ** | protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, \[** X **\]   |
|    | protect territory from other damage from pests**                |
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| ** | **International standard, guideline or recommendation:**        |
| 8. |                                                                 |
| ** | **\[   \] Codex Alimentarius Commission, \[   \] World          |
|    | Organization for Animal Health (OIE), \[ X \] International     |
|    | Plant Protection Convention, \[   \] None**                     |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | **If an international standard, guideline or recommendation     |
|    | exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify     |
|    | deviations:** International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures |
|    | (ISPM) No. 15                                                   |
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| ** | **Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are         |
| 9. | available:** Will appear in the Official Journal when adopted.  |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Proposed date of adoption:** In 40 days                       |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 0. |                                                                 |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Proposed date of entry into force:** 1 June 2005              |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 1. |                                                                 |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Final date for comments:** Open comment period                |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 2. | **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:**                         |
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| *  | **Texts available from: \[**   **\] National notification       |
| *1 | authority, \[** X **\] National enquiry point, or address, fax  |
| 3. | number and E‑mail address (if available) of other body:**       |
| ** |                                                                 |
|    | Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Av. Paseo Colón 367 (C1063 ACW), Buenos Aires                   |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales e Institucionales    |
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|    | Tel.: (5411) 4331-6040 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44 / 45 / 46 / 47 or    |
|    | 4334-0398                                                       |
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|    | Fax: (5411) 4334-4738                                           |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | E-mail: [relint@senasa.gov.ar]{.underline}                      |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Web site: [www.senasa.gov.ar/dnpv]{.underline} (Plant           |
|    | Protection Directorate)                                         |
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