ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION No. 059/2005

Holy Trinity, May 24, 2005

WHEREAS:

The National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Service "SENASAG" is
created by Law of the Republic No. 2061 as an operational structure
under de Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development
(MADGER), presently Ministry of Farming Business and Agriculture (MACA),
in charge of managing the Policy of Agricultural Health and Food Safety.

**That b**y Supreme Decree No. 25729 dated April 7, 2000, the
organization and operation of SENASAG is established, and it also
determines its institutional commission.

**That** the above-mentioned Supreme Decree determines in its Art. 3 the
institutional commission of SENASAG whereby it administers the specific
policy of agricultural health and food safety within the entire national
territory; with attribution to preserve the safety of forest and
agricultural productive condition, the safe improvement of animal and
plant production and guarantee the safety of food during production and
processing applicable to the agricultural sector.

**That** SENASAG must establish the procedures that guarantee the proper
compliance of sanitary regulations to avoid entry of pests into Bolivia
due to importations or transit of plant materials or through the various
transportation operations that arrive from various points of the
country.

**That** in order to properly comply with the attribution mentioned
above and considering the need to harmonize the application of the
International Phytosanitary Ruling Measure (NIMF 15) issued on March
2002 by FAO's International Phytosanitary Protection Convention (CIPF)
establish the conditions to regulate wood packing used in international
trade.

**That** wood packing manufactured with raw wood represents a means of
introduction, establishment and propagation of quarantine pests,
representing severe damage to agricultural and forest production and
that mentioned packing includes stowage wood but excludes processed wood
packing; aspects that require a regulation to forewarn the sanitary
status of the Country.

**THEREFORE:**

The Executive General Director of SENASAG authorized by Art. 10, Entry
e) of Supreme Decree No. 25729 dated April 7, 2000:

**DETERMINES:**

**ARTICLE ONE .- (Purpose) APPROVE THE REGULATION OF WOOD PACKING USED
IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE,** with its VII Chapter, 29 Articles and the
corresponding authorization formats, that are an indivisible part of
this Administrative Resolution which will be in force and execution upon
its emission.

**ARTICLE TWO.-** **(Consistent with)** SENASAG inspectors are
authorized to perform inspections to any means of transportation that
carry wood packing or any other regulated article, in order to certify
their compliance with the phytosanitary rules specified in this
Administrative Resolution and its regulation.

**ARTICLE THREE.- (Transgressions)** Wood packing that does not comply
with the conditions of this Administrative Resolution and its regulation
after it is in force, cannot enter the country and/or will be subject to
quarantine, preventive measures or restricted or sanction procedures
according to the rules in force. Any costs that arise from the
application of said phytosanitary measures will be covered by the
importer or owner of the merchandise. In addition, SENASAG will not
issue a phytosanitary certification of wood packing used for exports
when they do not comply with the treatment stipulated in the Regulation.

**ARTICLE FOUR.- (Modification)** **ANNULL** Administrative Resolution
078/2003 dated September 2, 2003 in its Art. 2, whose writing and
content will remain as follows:

> **Article Two.- (Requirements)** The following requirements must be
> complied with in regard to wood furniture and artisan work: the wood
> must be dry, without bark, first time use, planed, without spots or
> perforations or holes provoked by insects. The remaining articles must
> be firm and permanent.

As of this date, the National Plant Health Unit Chief and the SENASAG
District Chiefs are in charge of the execution and compliance of this
Administrative Resolution.

Register, Communicate, Comply and File.

Dr. Rodolfo Tonelli Justiniano

Executive General Director

SENASAG - MACA

Dr. Bernabe Arreaga Temo

Attorney at Law

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND

FOOD SAFETY SERVICE

**SENASAG**

NATIONAL PLANT HEALTH UNIT

**UNSV**

**PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATION REGULATION FOR**

**WOOD PACKING USED IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE**

Holy Trinity, May 2005

**INDEX Page**

**CHAPTER** I 1

**GENERAL CONDITIONS** 1

Article 1. Objectives 1

Article 2. Scope of Application 1

Article 3. Of wood packing that is subject to application 1

Article 4. Of wood packing that is excluded 1

**CHAPTER II** 3

**EXPORTATION** 3

Article 5. Of exportation

Article 6. Of inspection at points of departure and entry 3

**CHAPTER III**

**OF IMPORTATION AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT**

Article 7. Of importation 3

Article 8. Of inspection 3

Article 9. Of inspection of wood packing without mark or seal 3

Article 10. Of exclusions 3

Article 11. Of interception of pests in wood packing 3

Article 12. Rejection criteria of packing that lacks mark or seal 3

**Elimination** 4

**Incineration** 4

**Burial** 4

**Other methods** 4

**CHAPTER IV** 3

**REGULATION OF REGISTRATION AND AUTHORIZATION** 3

Article 13. Executers of phytosanitary treatment to wood packing 5

Article 14. Wood Packing Treatment Application Centers 5

Article 15. Authorization of Wood Packing Treatment Application

Centers 5

Article 16. Of seal or mark 5

Article 17. Of the use of marks in Treatment Application Centers 6

Article 18. Registration and authorization of Wood Packing

Treatment Application Centers 6

Article 19. Effective date of Wood Packing Treatment Application

Centers 7

Article 20. Renewal of the authorization of Wood Packing Treatment

Application Centers 7

Article 21. Obligation of the Wood Packing Treatment Application

Centers 7

Article 22. Cause for suspension and cancellation of Treatment

Application Centers 8

Article 23. Fines 9

**CHAPTER V** 9

**APPROVED TREATMENTS** 9

Article 24. Quarantine Treatment of wood packing and support planks 9

Article 25. Group of important pests controlled by treatments 9

**CHAPTER VI** 10

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED**

**WITH BY THE WOOD PACKING TREATMENT APPLICATION**

**CENTERS** 10

Article 26. Procedures and regulations of post-treatment, storage,

dispatch, manufacture and sealing of treated wood 10

**I. PERSONNEL** 10

**II. INFRASTRUCTURE** 10

**III. EQUIPMENT** 10

**CONSIDERATIONS ON THERMAL TREATMENT** 11

Article 27. Minimum technical requirements to be complied with by

Treatment Application Centers for Thermal Treatment to packing 12

A.  **GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR THE AREAS OF**

> **TREATMENT APPLICATION CENTERS AND WOOD**

**PACKING MANUFACTURERS** 13

**B. STORAGE OF TREATED WOOD** 13

**PACKING MANUFACTURE** 13

**C. REGISTRATION OF TREATMENT** 13

**D. GENERAL PROCEDURE OF SENASAG SUPERVISION** 12

Article 28. Minimum technical requirements with Methyl Bromide

that must be complied by Treatment Application Centers to

wood packing 14

**I. EQUIPMENT** 13

**II. INFRAESTRUCTURE** 13

**CHAPTER VII** 15

**RATES FOR SERVICES RENDERED** 15

Article 29 15

**CHAPTER I**

**GENERAL CONDITIONS**

**Article 1. Objectives**

1.  Establish the procedures and regulations to permit the efficient
    execution of inspection to wood packing used in international trade;
    to register, control and supervise authorized entities to perform
    phytosanitary treatments to wood packing on the basis on NIMF 15.

2.2 Reduce the risk of introduction and/or dissemination of quarantine
pests associated with wood for packing that is used in the
transportation of basic products during international trade.

2.3 Specify the phytosanitary procedures for the authorization of the
operation and execution of phytosanitary treatments for wood packing.

**Article 2. Scope of Application**

The scope of application of this regulation covers the entire national
territory including natural or legal persons, public or private
institutions without exception, that participate in the process of
international or in transit trade.

**Article 3. Wood Packing Subject to the Application**

Wood packing that is subject to the application of this regulation are:
pallets, plants, stowage wood, cages, blocks, barrels, crates, loading
planks, pallet half rounds and wedges, whose width is higher than 6
millimeters and packing that accompanies any basic imported or exported
product, including shipments that normally do not undergo phytosanitary
inspection.

**Article 4. Wood Packing that is Excluded**

Wood packing that is excluded from the application of this regulation
are wood packing manufactured entirely by products derived from wood,
such as:

veneered, wood chip boards, oriented fiber boards or layers of veneer
manufactured using glue, heat or compressing or a combination of same as
well as wood packing of veneer centers, sawdust, wood wool, wood shaving
and raw wood cut in pieces less than or similar to 6 millimeters.

**CHAPTER II**

**EXPORTATION**

**Article 5. Exportation**

Exporters will be responsible that wood packing containing products
assigned abroad are complying with the regulations established by the
National Phytosanitary Protection Organizations of the country of
destination; likewise, they must duly notice that any wood packing
subject to phytosanitary treatment must maintain the phytosanitary
protection conditions necessary to avoid a re-infestation of possible
pests.

**Article 6. Inspection at Points of Departure and Entry**

SENASAG will inspect and certify at points of shipping and departure all
Marks and seals written on wood packing guarantee the treatments
established under NIMF 15. Marks should be placed on a visible location
preferably on at least two opposite sides of the certified product.

The following measures will be applied in the event of non-compliance
with the ruling in force for export packing:

a.  The shipment will not be allowed to depart when at point of
    embarkation of the products that require SENASAG's phytosanitary
    certificate, the inspector verifies that the cargo is being sent in
    wood packing that lack Marks or seals for any of the mandatory
    phytosanitary treatments, it will be held up until this requirement
    is complied with.

b.  When at point of departure the shipment presents wood packing
    without Marks or seals from any treatment, the departure of the
    shipment will not be permitted without prior compliance with the
    corresponding treatment, even if they have the Sanitary Export
    Certificate.

> **CHAPTER III**
>
> **IMPORTATION AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT**

**Article 7. Importation**

Wood packing that is thicker than 6 mm used for transportation of any
shipment from abroad or that is in transit in national territory,
including cargo stowage wood, must be manufactured of wood without bark
and treated in the country of origin of the wood with any of the
following treatments:

-   Thermal Treatment (HT)

-   Treatment with fumigation of methyl bromide (MB)

Same that will be performed based on NIMF 15.

**Article 8. Inspections**

SENASAG inspector are authorized to inspect any wood packing, stowage
wood, container, departure or means of transportation from abroad, in
order to verify compliance with the conditions established under this
procedure, and are allowed to dispose the immobilization of the import
cargo and packing and arrange for phytosanitary measures deemed
necessary in order to diminish the risk of entrance of pests, according
to the conditions established by the Manual of Plant Quarantine System.

Any phytosanitary inspection to merchandise will be performed at the
various points of entry in the country, such as ports, airports, custom
offices or cargo final destinations for storage or premises that are
used for internment of products proceeding from foreign countries.

**Article 9. Inspection of wood packing without Mark or seal**

When any packing is found lacking a Mark or treatment seal, whether it
has been treated or not, including in transit shipments, the departure
will be retained and the packing subject to any of the following
measures:

i)  phytosanitary treatment, ii) elimination or destruction, iii)
    re-exportation of the packing to country of origin.

**Article 10. Exclusions**

The following wood packing is excluded: those manufactured entirely with
veneered boards, wood chip boards, boards of oriented fibers and sheets
of veneer produced using glue, heat and compression or a combination of
same, in addition to barrels and staves for wine making.

**Article 11. Interception of pests in wood packing**

If a pest is intercepted in wood packing that is identified with a
phytosanitary treatment, the shipment will be retained in order to
identify it at the SENASAG authorized laboratory. If it is a quarantine
pest, the inspector must make the necessary tests and destroy the
packing. The notification to the country of origin will be done
subsequently. The costs involved with the destruction will be assumed by
the user or whoever is responsible for the cargo.

**Article 12. Criteria to reject wood packing that lack Marks or seals**

If wood packing does not show the mandatory Marks, SENASAG is authorized
to take the necessary measures unless bilateral agreements exist with
the country of exportation. Phytosanitary measures may consist of a
phytosanitary treatment, or the elimination or rejection of entry of the
packing into the country, whether as final destination or in transit.

When packing exhibits mandatory Marks and live pest evidence is found,
the corresponding measures can be applied consisting of a treatment,
elimination, or rejection of entry of the packing. In both cases, the
ONPF of the country of origin must be notified according to NIMF 13.
*Directives to notify non-compliance and emergency action.* For said
purpose, the inspector will submit the corresponding technical report
supported by all documentation to the District Office.

**Elimination**

The elimination of wood packing is an option that SENASAG can adopt to
handle the risk in case there is no availability of the necessary
installations to perform a treatment or when it is not convenient to
provide it. Wood packing that requires emergency action must be
safeguarded appropriately prior to treatment or elimination in order to
avoid the flight of any pest that could affect the sanitary status of
the country. Whenever elimination is necessary, the following methods
are recommended:

**Incineration**.- Total burning performed in an appropriate location
maintaining a phytosanitary safeguard.

**Burial**.- Deep burial in locations that are approved by the
corresponding authorities. (Note: this option is not appropriate for
wood that is termite infested). The depth of the burial depends on the
conditions of the climate and of the pest, but it is recommended that it
should at least be one meter deep. The packing must be covered after the
burial and must be kept buried.

**Other methods**.- Based on the conditions of the Plant Quarantine
System Manual. The measures should be applied as soon as possible.

**CHAPTER IV**

**REGULATION OF REGISTRATION AND AUTHORIZATION**

**Article 13. Executors of phytosanitary treatment to wood packing**

Natural or legal persons that are dedicated to applying phytosanitary
treatment to wood packing used in international trade will be called
**"Phytosanitary Treatment Application to Wood Packing Centers"** and
must be authorized by SENASAG in concurrence with Supreme Decree
No.25729 that establishes that the Service regulates the sanitary
requirement to import vegetables, products and by-products of
agricultural origin, and agricultural and forest commodities. The
Treatment Application Centers are the only ones authorized to place a
distinctive mark on the packing of stowage wood, after such has been
performed.

**Article 14. Authorized Phytosanitary Treatment Application to Wood
Packing Centers**

The main office of SENASAG National Plant Health will be in charge of
authorizing the operation of the Treatment Application Centers, through
the National Inspection and Plant Quarantine Area.

**Article 15. Authorization of Centers of Phytosanitary Treatment
Application to Wood Packing**

1.  SENASAG is responsible of performing a technical inspection to each
    requesting company through technical personnel from the
    corresponding District Office. The registration and official
    authorization will be issued by the National Plant Health Office.

2.  Every natural or legal person engaged with the application of
    phytosanitary treatment of wood packing must present all the general
    and technical requirements demanded by SENASAG in order to obtain
    the Official Authorization, as detailed in Appendix 2.

3.  Each Treatment Application to Wood Packing Center must count with a
    Responsible Technician in charge of executing the entire treatment
    process.

4.  The Treatment Application to Wood Packing Centers must carry an
    electronic register with the following mandatory information: a
    technical report of the treatment performed, the number of Treatment
    Certificates emitted, class, date, destination and amount of
    products delivered.

**Article 16. Seal or Mark**

The seal or mark printed on wood packing that has been treated at a
Center authorized by SENASAG must have the following dimensions: 14 cm x
4 cm divided into dos charts. The left chart will bear the symbol of the
International Phytosanitary Protection Convention (IPPC) and the left
chart will identify the code of packing as indicated in the following
sample:

  --------- --------- ----------- --------- --------- --------- ----------
            ** **                                                

            ** **                                                

            ** **     **I**                                      

            ** **                           **B O**   **-**     **OOO**

            ** **     **P**                                      

            ** **                                                

            ** **     **C**                 **X**     **X**      

            ** **                                                

            ** **     **C**                                      

            ** **                                                

            ** **                                                

            ** **                                                

            ** **                                                

                                                                
  --------- --------- ----------- --------- --------- --------- ----------

Letters **"BO"** define the ISO code of the country of origin, in this
case Bolivia, digits **"000"** correspond to the number of registration
of the authorized Company. Letters **"XX"** correspond to the type of
treatment, **"HT"** for Thermal Treatment and **"MB"** for Methyl
Bromide Treatment.

Red and orange colors must be avoided since they are used to identify
dangerous merchandise.

Marks should be permanently legible and non transferable (carved by
fire, engraved or with seals of indelible ink) and placed at least in
two visible opposite faces of the wood packing or certified wood
accommodation, in black.

**Article 17. The use of marks by the Phytosanitary Treatment
Application Center**

Packing and/or accommodating wood that has undergone treatment will be
stamped with the official seal of the Phytosanitary Treatment
Application Center after its treatment, by incorporating the specific
code assigned to each infrastructure on behalf of SENASAG.

A mark that is smaller in size than the conditions mentioned in Art. 10,
will be used only in the event that the dimensions of the wood piece is
smaller than indicated.

**Article 18. Registration and Authorization of Wood Packing
Phytosanitary Treatment Application Centers**

A request for authorization to operate Treatment Application Center for
wood packing and packing companies must be presented to the SENASAG
District Offices, in the pertaining department, accompanied by all the
required documentation (See Appendix 2). Once the documents have been
approved, the SENASAG inspector will certify the compliance of the
equipment technical requirements y location of treatment application and
packing companies in situ, based on the format of Appendix 3 of this
regulation.

If the inspector presents a technical observation in writing he will
proceed to notify the interested party for correction in a period of
time that is set by him. If the owner should not comply with the
stipulated time period to perform the technical corrections to the
Treatment Application Center it will taken as abandonment of the request
for authorization, and the documents will be filed.

The SENASAG inspector must fill out an Inspection Report from the
Treatment Application Center that must also be signed by the interested
party. The Inspector Report will generate a technical report that must
be attached to the former.

Once the Wood Packing and/or Packing Companies Treatment Application
Center complies with the requirements of SENASAG, the corresponding
District Office will present a technical report to the National Plant
Health Office who will analyze and evaluate it through the Plant
Quarantine and Inspection Area who will issue the respective
registration and authorization and assign a unique national code for
marking or sealing packing according with the established parameters.

A request for authorization to operate a Wood Packing Treatment
Application Center can be presented for more than one location, even
though it will require a separate registration for each center.

The authorization will be granted according to the activity or
activities developed by each of the companies able to perform the
following tasks:

a.  Apply thermal treatment and seal packing

b.  Apply methyl bromide and seal packing

c.  Both of the above

**Article 19.- Enforcement of the authorization to operate Wood Packing
and Companies as Phytosanitary Treatment Application Centers**

The authorization to operate Wood Packing and Companies as Phytosanitary
Treatment Application Centers registered by SENASAG will be valid for a
period of two (2) years. The operating permit will become effective as
of the date of the authorization, prior to compliance with all the
mandatory requirements of SENASAG. Any modification to the conditions by
which the Treatment Application Center was authorized must be approved
by the corresponding District Office who will in turn advise said
modifications to the National Plant Health Unit.

**Article 20. Renewal of the authorization to operate Phytosanitary
Treatment Application Centers and Companies**

Once the authorization to operate a Treatment Application Center has
expired, the interested party may request a renewal at the SENASAG
District Office where it originally registered, prior to an inspection,
approval and the corresponding bank deposit. The renewal process must
mandatory be initiated at least thirty (30) days before the expiration
of the first term of the initial authorization.

**Article 21. Wood Packing Phytosanitary Treatment Application Centers
obligations**

a.  Updating of technical and operational personnel of the Treatment
    Application Center

b.  Maintain the service of wood packing treatment according to the
    conditions for which they were authorized to operate a Treatment
    Application Center and in concurrence with the established
    requirements within this regulation and other regulations that
    SENASAG establishes to comply with the conditions of NIMF 15.

c.  Maintain the conditions of proper security and safeguard for treated
    wood packing vs. non treated wood, to avoid that re-infestation of a
    pest is transmitted to the first.

d.  Prepare a report of treatments provided, an inventory of the wood
    packing treated and marked by the Treatment Application Center, as
    well as their final destination.

e.  Facilitate and cooperate with the SENASAG inspector to provide
    access to the installations during inspections and/or technical
    supervision of the Treatment Application Center or at any time
    during the treatment process and of any information applicable to
    same.

f.  Perform treatment and/or marking of wood packing under the
    responsibility of a professional who will act as the responsible
    technician before SENASAG.

g.  Maintain the Treatment Application Center equipment completely
    calibrated at all times.

h.  Place signs and security measures to third parties while performing
    treatments.

i.  Be especially careful to ensure that the number or code assigned by
    SENASAG to the Treatment Application Center is used correctly and
    properly.

j.  Regulation of the Procedures of a Treatment Application Center.

**Article 22. Cause of suspension or cancellation of a Phytosanitary
Treatment Application Center**

The following is a reason to **suspend** the authorization or
registration:

1.  Assign a new technician to be responsible at the Treatment
    Application Center without the approval of SENASAG.

2.  Perform changes in the infrastructure and equipment of the Treatment
    Application Center without the approval of SENASAG.

3.  Do not provide updated information on treatments performed that is
    required by SENASAG inspectors.

4.  Prevent SENASAG inspectors from performing their duties of
    supervision on the premises of the Treatment Application Center.

5.  Perform treatment in areas that lack proper phytosanitary
    safeguards.

6.  Utilization of technical equipment that is not properly calibrated
    or in bad operating condition.

The suspension may be lifted once the correction for it has been
performed.

The following is a reason for **canceling** an authorization or
registration:

7.  A repetition of any of the causes for suspension indicated in the
    above points.

8.  Negligence in the performance of the work that is certified by
    inspections, formal accusation or other means.

9.  Mark or seal wood packing that has not been treated or vice versa.

10. Other as determined based on inspection reports or notifications by
    SENASAG.

**Article 23. Fines**

A natural or legal person that has been subject to cancellation of his
authorization to operate a Wood Packing Phytosanitary Treatment
Application Center and requests a new authorization, must pay the
corresponding fine of 100% of the cost of the initial registration in
addition to the cost of the new Authorization.

CHAPTER V

TREATMENTS APPROVED

**Article 24. Quarantine Treatments to Wood Packing and Support Wood,
approved based on the International Ruling of Phytosanitary Measures --
NIMF No. 15.**

A.  **Thermal Treatment (HT)**

> Wood packing must be heated according to a specific time/temperature
> curve. The minimum level of approval occurs when the center of the
> wood reaches a minimum temperature of 56°C, during a minimum period of
> 30 minutes.
>
> Methods such as drying by heater (KD), pressurized chemical
> impregnation (CPI) or other type of treatment is considered a thermal
> treatment as long as it complies with the specifications of Thermal
> Treatments specified under NIMF 15. For example, a pressurized
> chemical impregnation may comply with the specifications of Thermal
> Treatment though the utilization of vapor, hot water or dry heat.
>
> Thermal treatment is indicated by the letters **HT.**

B.  **Methyl Bromide Treatment (MB)**

> Wood packing must be fumigated with methyl bromide. Treatment with
> methyl bromide is indicated with a mark (MB). The minimum rule for
> treatment with fumigation of methyl bromide applied to wood packing is
> the following:

  ------------- ---------- --------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  Temperature   Dosage     Minimum                                             
                           Concentration                                       
                           Registers                                           
                           (g/m³) during:                                      

                                           30 min      2 h         4 h         16 h

  21°C or       46                         36          24          17          14
  higher                                                                       

  16°C or       56                         42          28          20          17
  higher                                                                       

  11°C or       64                         48          32          22          19
  higher                                                                       
  ------------- ---------- --------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

> Minimum temperature must not be lower than 10°C and the minimum time
> of
>
> exposure must be 16 hours

Treatment with methyl bromide is indicated with letters **MB.**

**Article 25. Most important pest groups for which treatment is
indicated**

Insects, Cerambycidea, Scolytidae, Lyctidae, Bostrichidae, Buprestidae,
Siricidae, Anobiidae, Curculionidae, Isopter, Oedemeridae, Nemotods and
*Bursaphelenchus xylophilus.*

**CHAPTER VI**

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT WOOD PACKING TREATMENT APPLICATION CENTERS
MUST COMPLY WITH**

**Article 26. Minimum technical requires that Wood Packing Treatment
Application Centers must comply with to perform THERMAL TREATMENT**

The following are the general conditions that Wood Packing Treatment
Application Centers have to comply with in order to provide a feasible
thermal treatment and are equipped to perform the work:

I.  **PERSONNEL**

    -   One Responsible Technician

    -   Operators (the amount is according to the size of the center)

II. **INFRAESTRUCTURE**

    1.  The installation to perform thermal treatments must be
        permanent, of solid construction, manufactured with material
        that is resistant to corrosion and high temperatures, equipped
        with easy handling doors.

    2.  Installations that perform thermal treatments must comply with
        the national environmental regulations and necessary safety
        rules.

    3.  The installations correspond to permanent infrastructures, of
        solid construction, manufactured with material that is resistant
        to corrosion and high temperatures, with easy handling doors and
        airtight closing. The installation must be available of an area
        for storage of treated wood, aside from non treated wood, within
        the solid construction, with concrete floors and suitably
        protected by a double rachel mesh or other element to avoid
        re-infestation of pests.

III. **EQUIPMENT**

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a)  **Heating System**

> A Wood Packing Phytosanitary Treatment Application Center that
> provides Thermal Treatment must own the necessary equipment and
> accessories to reach the appropriate temperatures required for the
> process, according with NIMF 15.
>
> The heating system has two units: A heating generator and another a
> heating conductor.
>
> The heating generator unit must be able to generate vapor al low
> pressure and/or perforated tubing and must have a control valve to
> disperse vapor inside the chamber.

b)  **Ventilation and Air Recirculation System**

> Availability of fans to regulate air velocity and deflectors to
> distribute it uniformly at all points to achieve an even temperature
> inside the oven.

c)  **Registration and Control System**

> Three temperature sensors (thermocouples) must be placed to control
> and register temperature, whether they are with cables or wireless
> spaciously distributed to allow monitoring of temperature in the
> center of thicker pieces of wood, and guarantee that minimum
> temperatures will be obtained during the time required for the
> elimination of possible pests.
>
> Furthermore, a complementary equipment for the thermocouples must be
> available (interface, computer plus software) in order to register,
> print, and electronically store the phytosanitary treatment.

d)  **Other**

> Measuring tapes (decimal metric system)
>
> Appropriate protection clothing, such as security footwear, overalls,
> gloves, security helmets, water tight boots, etc., according to the
> treatment utilized.
>
> Complete First Aid kit.
>
> Other elements of products that in SENASAG's judgment is required,
> considering special situations or conditions.
>
> **CONSIDERATIONS ON THERMAL TREATMENT**
>
> In order for a thermal treatment to be validated by the person
> responsible at the Treatment Center, the wood that is subject to the
> process must comply with the time/temperature standards established
> under NIMF 15.
>
> The time of drying varies, depending on the thickness and technology
> of the equipment, between four hours to no more than three days.
>
> The responsible Technician will be obliged to register the variables
> in temperature and time of exposure of all thermal treatments, as
> applicable, in the center of the wood packing that is thickest. The
> technician can only determine the final process of phytosanitary
> treatment when he certifies that the variables aforementioned have
> reached the minimum limits indicated under NIMF 15.
>
> Figure 1. Basic drawing of a dryer
>
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1.  Special fans for drying

2.  Traps for air renewal

3.  Heating batteries

4.  Sprinklers

5.  Portor system

6.  Isolated door for drying

7.  Special sounds and cables for electronic adjustment

8.  Heating tubing network

9.  Electronic drying adjustment

**Article 27. Procedures and regulations of post-treatment, storage,
dispatch, manufacture and sealing of treated wood**

**A. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF AREAS OF WOOD PACKING AND WOOD COMPANIES
TREATMENT APPLICATION CENTERS**

Areas that are used to store treated wood and areas used for assembling
and sealing wood packing must have concrete floors, protected by rachel
mesh in all sides or other means of isolation to avoid re-infestation by
pests and must be areas separated from non treated wood areas.

Phytosanitary treatment applied to wood for export packing, can only be
performed at the infrastructure of a Treatment Application Center who
have an assigned code or number and are authorized by SENASAG. These
treatments must begin and finalize in the presence of the Technician of
the Treatment Application Center assigned as the technician responsible
before SENASAG. Installation of risk prevention signs will be mandatory
for every type of treatment. The responsible Technician must adopt one
of the following measure at the time the treatment finalizes:

-   Validate the treatment and designate the marking or sealing

-   Marks must be placed where they are visible, preferably at least on
    opposite sides of the certified product

-   Order their repetition

-   Definitely reject the process

-   Once the treatment is over the Technician will issued the report on
    the treatment performed mentioned the type of treatment, the volume
    in cubic meters of wood treated, date and time the treated started
    and ended, name and signature of the Technician and control
    variables applicable to each treatment

-   A copy of this report duly signed by the Technician must be filed in
    the Treatment Application Center for a minimum period of three
    years.

**B. STORAGE OF TREATED WOOD**

Treated wood is to remain in specially conditioned spaces for said
purposes. Wood or packing manufactured with treated wood may be stored
at the Treatment Application Center or packing company for a maximum
period of (1) year, after which period of time they must undergo new
treatment.

**C. MANUFACTURE OF PACKING**

Packing companies of treated wood must be authorized and registered
before SENASAG, prior to the technical inspection of the shop assigned
to this task and based on Format in Appendix 3 of this regulation.
Installation must have the following areas available in addition to the
responsible technician:

-   Storage area for treated wood (isolated)

-   Area for assembling packing with treated wood

-   Area to store treated wood packing

In every case they must be physically separate environments with
concrete floors and when necessary protected by rachel mesh, in order to
provide the adequate phytosanitary safeguard to infestation and
re-infestation of material that lack treatment vs. treated material. In
addition, an electronic inventory of the stock (volumes) of treated
material is required, countersigned by the SENASAG inspector, to comply
with the conditions mentioned under point B. The material transported
out of the plant as well its amount must be duly registered together
with the destination of the lot.

**D. REGISTRATION OF TREATMENTS**

Authorized Phytosanitary Treatment Application Centers must keep an
electronic inventory of the stock treated and dispatched, considering
the type of treatment that was performed, the date of treatment, the
volume of the lot treated, the total volume of the stock and the volume
transported outside the premises, all expressed in cubic meters or p²,
and the destination of the lot.

**E. GENERAL PROCEDURE OF SENASAG SUPERVISION**

SENASAG is authorized to perform supervision activities at the Wood
Packing Companies as many times as deemed necessary and at any time
during the process of manufacturing.

The following phases must be observed for supervision purpose:

a.  Prior to beginning the phytosanitary treatment of wood

b.  At the beginning

c.  During the application of phytosanitary treatment

d.  At the end of treatment

e.  At the storage area of treated wood

f.  During the phase of manufacturing and storage of the packing

During any moment of the supervision SENASAG may request that the
responsible technician of the plant provides a Certificate of the
treatment performed, of the registration issued by the Treatment
Application Center, in order to evaluate its effectiveness, specially
those for measuring concentrations of methyl bromide in the case of
fumigations and registrations of time/temperature in the case of thermal
treatment.

**Article 28. Minimum technical requirements that must be complied by
the Wood Packing Treatment Application Centers with regard to Methyl
Bromide**

The general conditions that Wood Packing Treatment Application Centers
must comply with when methyl bromide is utilized and they are prepared
for that purpose, are the following

**I. PERSONNEL**

-   One Responsible Technician

-   Operators (the amount will be determined by the size of the Center)

**II. INFRASTRUCTURE**

Fumigation Treatment Application Centers must comply with the following
minimum requirements:

1.  Keep a file of software reports and manual ledgers of the work
    performed.

2.  The structure and closing of the chamber must ensure that it is
    airtight to avoid the loss of gas and retain the pesticide during
    the period of treatment. Special notice must be taken of openings or
    crevices.

3.  Injection system and distribution of the pesticide.

4.  Gas elimination system at the end of the operation.

5.  Air circulation system.

6.  Sampling of methyl bromide system

7.  Heating system

8.  Registration of events and temperatures system

9.  Gas analyzer

10. Chimney sensor

11. U manometer

12. Autonomous mask

13. Energy and other sources generator

14. Inside illumination of chambers

15. Warning gadget in case of gas leakage

16. Methyl Bromide deposit, if required.

If an alternative system to the above is proposed, it must consider that
it will adjust to the requirements established under Art. 20 of this
Regulation, and a description, technical process characteristics, and
additional information to assist in determining the possibility of its
approval, must be presented.

**CHAPTER VII**

**RATES FOR SERVICES RENDERED**

**Article 29.-** The only rate of Bs 600 is established (Six Hundred and
00/100 Bolivian) for the availability of each Treatment Application
Center or Company, to be deposited in Account No. 1-1053094 of SENASAG,
Union Bank or No. 201-5005142-3-22.

**REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHIES**

> 1**.-** Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary
> Measures, 1994. World Trade Organization, Geneva.
>
> 2.- Glossary of phytosanitary terms, 199. NIMF Pub. No. 5, FAO, Rome.

3.- Export Certification System, 1997. ISPM Pub. No. 7, FAO, Rome.

> 4.- Directives for Phytosanitary Certificates, 2001. NIMF No. 12, FAO,
> Rome.
>
> 5.- Directives to notify non-compliance and emergency action, 2001.
> NIMF No. 13, FAO, Rome
>
> 6.- ISO2: International Normalization Organization, two letters of a
> country code, 2001. ISO on line.
>
> 7.- New revised text of the International Phytosanitary Protection
> Convention, 1997. FAO, Rome
>
> 8.- Phytosanitary Quarantine Principles with regard to international
> trade, 1995. NIMF Pub. No. 1, FAO, Rome
>
> 9.- Directives to regulated wood packing used in international trade.
> NIMF Pub. No. 15, FAO, Rome
>
> **Appendix 1**
>
> **DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS**
>
> **Emergency Action**.- Quick phytosanitary action taken upon a new or
> unforeseen phytosanitary situation.
>
> **Phytosanitary Action**.- Any official operation such as inspection,
> testing, surveillance or treatment, that is performed to apply the
> regulation or phytosanitary procedure (CIMF, 2001).
>
> **Pest Risk Analysis**.- Procedure to evaluate biological, scientific
> or economic evidence to determine whether a pest must be regulated and
> the intensity of any phytosanitary measures that must be adopted
> against it.
>
> **Prescribed Article**.- Any plant, vegetable product, place of
> storage, of packing, means of transportation, ground or any other
> organism, object or material capable of hosting or spreading pests
> that is considered to be subject to phytosanitary measures, especially
> with reference to international transportation (FAO, 1990; revised
> FAO, 1995; CIPF, 1997).
>
> **Certificate.-** Official document that certifies the phytosanitary
> status of any shipment subject to phytosanitary regulations (FAO,
> 1990).
>
> **Bark Stripped**.- Removal of the bark of wood in rolls (the
> stripping does not necessarily imply that the wood is free of bark(
> (FAO, 1990).
>
> **Wood Packing.-** Wood or wood products (excluding paper products)
> used to hold, protect or transport a basic product (includes stowage
> wood) (NIMF 15, 2002).
>
> **Shipment.-** Amount of plants, vegetable products and/or other
> articles moved from one country to the other that are supported, if
> necessary, by only one Phytosanitary Certificate (the shipment can be
> composed of one or more basic products or lots) (FAO, 1990; revised
> CIMF, 2001).
>
> **Fumigation.-** Treatment by a chemical agent that reaches the basic
> product totally or mainly in a gaseous status (FAO, 1990; revised FAO,
> 1995).
>
> **Pressurized Chemical Impregnation.-** Treatment give to wood by a
> preventive chemical through a pressurized process under officially
> recognized technical specifications.
>
> **Infestation (of a basic product).-** Presence of a live pest in a
> basic product, that is a pest of the plant or vegetable product of
> interest.
>
> Infestation also includes infection (CEMF, 1997; revised CEMF, 1999).
>
> **Interception (of a pest).-** Detect of a pest during inspection or
> sample of an imported shipment (FAO, 1990; revised CEMF, 1996).
>
> **Free of (regarding a shipment, field or place of production).-**
> Without pest (or specific pest) in numbers or amounts that can be
> detected through the application of phytosanitary measures (FAO, 1990;
> revised FAO, 1995; CEMF, 1999).
>
> **Wood.-** Type of basic product corresponding to wood in rolls, sawn
> wood, wood shavings, or stowage wood with or without bark (FAO, 1990;
> revised CIMF, 2001).
>
> **Stowage Wood.-** Wood packing used to secure or support cargo, but
> does not remain with the basic product (FAO, 1990; revised NIMF 15,
> 2002).
>
> **Raw Wood.-** Wood that has not been processed or treated (NIMF 15,
> 2002).
>
> **Wood Free of Bark.-** Wood that has its bark removed entirely
> excluding the cambium vascular, the bark surrounding the knots and
> separation of woody layers between the yearly growth rings (NIMF 15,
> 2002).
>
> **Appendix 2**
>
> **REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN AUTHORIZATION FOR WOOD PACKING TREATMENT
> APPLICATION CENTERS**

1.  Request addressed to the SENASAG District Chief that is signed by
    the legal representative or owner of the company. It must include
    the name of the company, address, telephone number, e-mail. Type of
    treatment to be performed.

2.  Photocopy of the Tax ID number in force.

3.  Photocopy of the Municipal Operation License in force.

4.  Detailed description of the equipment available by the Company to
    perform treatment to wood packing.

    a.  If it is a chamber for methyl bromide fumigation, the
        characteristics of the chamber (fumigation capacity, in weight,
        cubic meters, etc.).

    b.  If it is an oven for temperature drying (capacity in cubic
        meters, time of drying according to the type of wood).

5.  Resume of the technician that will be responsible at the Wood
    Treatment Application Center.

6.  Description of personal safety equipment.

7.  Technical Report of the company installations prepared by the
    sanitary inspector and approved by the SENASAG District Chief that
    pertains to the Department where the requestor's installations are
    located.

> Once the Wood Packing Treatment Application Center is approved by the
> District Office based on the technical report, the following must be
> complied with:

8.  Bank deposit in an amount that is equivalent to the service rate.

9.  The District Office will remit all supporting documentation to the
    National Plant Health Unit for analysis and evaluation. Once
    approved, it will be assigned a unique national code for marking or
    sealing packing, according to the established parameters.

> **[NATIONAL PLANT HEALTH UNIT --UNSV Appendix 3]{.underline}**
>
> **FORMAT NO.............**
>
> **FOR INSPECTION TO OPERATE WOOD PACKING**
>
> TREATMENT APPLICATION CENTERS

  ------------------ ------------------------- --------- --------------- ------- ------ -----------
                                                                                         

  NAME OF THE                                                                            
  COMPANY:                                                                              

  LEGAL                                                                                  
  REPRESENTATIVE:                                                                       

  ADDRESS:                                                                               

  DATE AND PLACE OF                                                                      
  INSPECTION:                                                                           

  TYPE OF TREATMENT:                                                                     

  **THERMAL**                                                            YES     NO     COMMENTS

  **METHYL BROMIDE**                                                                    

  **PACKING PLANT**                                                                     

                                                                                         

  A responsible                                                                          
  technician is                                                                         
  available at the                                                                      
  Center                                                                                

  Names:                                                                                

  Profession                                                                             

  Separate quarters                                                                      
  for treatment                                                                         

  Sufficient space                                                                       
  to move and                                                                           
  manipulate                                                                            

  the product that                                                                       
  is to be treated                                                                      

  Owns safety                                                                            
  equipment (masks,                                                                     
  goggles, gloves,                                                                      
  etc.)                                                                                 

  **METHYL BROMIDE                                                                      
  TREATMENT                                                                             
  APPLICATION                                                                           
  CENTERS:**                                                                            

  1\. Chamber                                                                            
  capacity:                                                                             

  2\. Chamber                                                                           
  characteristics:                                                                      

                                                                                        

                                                                                         

  3\. Equipment                                                                          
  description:                                                                          

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

  **THERMAL                                                              ** **           
  TREATMENT                                                                             
  APPLICATION                                                                           
  CENTERS:**                                                                            

  1\. Oven capacity:                                                                     

  2\. Oven                                                                               
  characteristics:                                                                      

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

  3\. Equipment                                                                          
  description:                                                                          

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

  **PACKING PLANT**                                                                      

  Description:                                                                           

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

  **Sanitary                                                                            
  Inspection                                                                            
  according to Law                                                                      
  No. 2061 and                                                                          
  SENASAG Supreme                                                                       
  Decree No. 25729**                                                                    

                                                                                        

                     .............. Bolivia                                             
                     ...........of                                                      
                     .....................of                                            
                     year 200....                                                       

                                                                                         

  **SIGNATURE OF                                                                        
  LEGAL                                                                                 
  REPRESENTATIVE                                                                        
  OFFICER                                                                               
  SIGNATURE**                                                                           
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> **Appendix 4**
>
> **REQUEST FLOW CHART OF**
>
> **QUARANTINE TREATMENT**
>
> **APPLICATION CENTERS**
>
> **INTERESTED PARTY**
>
> **REQUEST TO THE**
>
> **DISTRICT OFFICE**
>
> **REGISTRATION AND**
>
> **CERTIFICATION OFF.**
>
> **EVALUATES THE**
>
> **REQUEST**
>
> **NO APPROVES YES**
>
> **DOCUMENTS ARE REGISTRATION OFF.**
>
> **RETURNED TO COORDINATES**
>
> **INTERESTED PARTY INSPECTION WITH**
>
> **SENASAG INSPECTOR**
>
> **THE DISTRICT OFFICE**
>
> **ISSUES TECHNICAL APPROVES**
>
> **REPORT**
>
> **INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE**
>
> **AREA OFFICE NATIONAL PLANT**
>
> **ANALIZES AND PREPARES HEALTH OFFICE**
>
> **AUTHORIZATION ISSUES**
>
> **AUTHORIZATION**