G/SPS/N/CRI/240  
8 September  2021 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member : COSTA RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado, Ministerio de Agricultura y 
Ganadería  (State Phytosanitary Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)  
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) : HS code(s) : 120710  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Panama  
5. Title of the notified document : Resolución No 041 -2021-NR-ARP-SFE, Servicio 
Fitosanitario del Estado, Departamento de Normas y Regulaciones, Unidad de Análisis de 
Riesgo de Plagas . Establece medidas provisionales de urgencia para mitigar el riesgo de 
Aonidiella orientalis (Hemiptera : Diaspididae) en frutos frescos de palma aceiter a (Elaeis 
guineensis) para industria, originarios de Panamá  (Resolution No. 041-2021-NR-ARP-SFE, 
State Phytosanitary Service, Standards and Regulations Department, Pest Risk Analysis 
Unit, establishing temporary emergency measures to mitigate the risk of Aonidiella 
orientalis  (Hemiptera : Diaspididae) in fresh oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis ) fruits for industry, 
originating in Panama) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 8 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CRI/21_5652_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Resolution establishes temporary emergency 
measures  to mitigate the risk of Aonidiella orientalis  (Hemiptera : Diaspididae) in fresh oil 
palm ( Elaeis guineensis ) fruits for industry, originating in Panama.  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action : On 30 August  and 1 
September 2 021, phytosanit ary authorities intercepted the quarantine pest Aonidiella 
orientalis  (Hemiptera : Diaspididae) in four shipments of fresh oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis ) 
fruits for industry, originating in Panama . According to the Crop Protection Compendium 
database of the International Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences (CABI), the global 
scientific reference database for pest risk analysis, the scale Aonidiella orientalis  
(Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is a pest for crops including : mango ( Mangifera indica ), banana 
and plantain ( Musa spp.), sapodilla ( Manilkara zapota ), citrus ( Citrus  spp.), coconut ( Cocos 
nucifera ), tamarind ( Tamarindus indica ), papaya ( Carica papaya ) and is generally 
polyphagous . According to CABI, this scale is present in Panama and in several other 
countries in the world, and its presence is not reported in Costa Rica . Given that there is 
currently no pest risk analysis for the pathway of fresh oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis ) fruits 
for industry, orig inating in Panama, it has been decided to implement, on a provisional G/SPS/N/CRI/240  
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  basis, emergency phytosanitary measures on the import of fresh oil palm ( Elaeis 
guineensis ) fruits for industry, originating in Panama.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable) : Upon 
publication  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería , MAG (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)  
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado , SFE (State Phytosanitary Service)  
Centro de Información y Notificaci ón en MSF  (SPS Enquiry and Notification Point)  
Apartado Postal 1521 -1200 
San José, Costa Rica  
Tel.: (+506) 2549 3407  
Fax: (+506) 2549 3598  
Email : puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr