G/SPS/N/PAN/81  
15 April 2024 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : PANAMA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal , DNSV (National Directorate 
of Plant Health), Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario , MIDA (Ministry of Agricultural 
Development)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers sho uld be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Onions ( Allium cepa ); potatoes ( Solanum tuberosum ); rice ( Oriza 
sativa ); dry beans , for human consumption and/or processing  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Argentina ; Belize; Bolivia, Plurinational State of ; 
Brazil; Canada ; China; Colombia ; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic ; Ecuador ; El 
Salvador ; Guatemala ; Guayana ; Honduras ; Mexico; Nicaragua; Paraguay ; Peru; 
Spain; United States of America ; Uruguay  
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos Fitosanitarios de Importación (RFI), para 
consumo humano y/o transformación: RFI Cebollas (Allium cepa) origen de Estados Unidos 
de América y España; RFI Papas (Solanum tuberosum) origen de Estados Unidos de 
América (California, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, Dakota del Norte, Oregón, 
Washington, Colorado) y Canadá; RFI Arroz (Oryza sativa) origen de Uruguay; RFI Judías 
origen de Arge ntina, Belice, Bolivia, Brasil, Canadá, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, 
El Salvador, Estados Unidos de América (Michigan, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, 
Nueva  York, La Florida, Nueva jersey, California, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin), 
Guatemala, Guyan a, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Perú y República Dominicana  
(Phytosanitary import requirements (PIR s) for human consumption and/or processing : PIR 
onions ( Allium cepa ) originating in the United States of America and Spain ; PIR potatoes 
(Solanum t uberosum ) originating in the United States of America (California, Florida, 
Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington, Colorado) and 
Canada ; PIR rice ( Oryza sativa ) originating in Uruguay ; PIR dry beans originating in 
Argentina, Bel ize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 
Paraguay, Peru and the United States of America (Michigan, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, 
New York, Florida, New Jersey, California, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin) ) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages:  
https://mida.gob.pa/requisitos -fitosanitarios -para-importacion -sv/ G/SPS/N/PAN/81  
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  6. Description of content : The notified document informs the phytosanitary authorities of 
Panama's trading partners that, pursuant to the statutory powers granted to the Ministry 
of Agricultural Development (MIDA) by Law No. 206 of 3 0 March 2 021 establishing the 
Panamanian Food Agenc y (APA), the National Directorate of Plant Health of MIDA has 
update d the PIRs for onions, potatoes, rice and dry beans for human consumption and/or 
processing, originating in the countries indicated in each PIR . In this regard, please find 
attached the 28  PIRs so that the trading partners specified under point  4 may make any 
comments they consider necessary, to be sent to the following email address: 
vigilanciafito@mida.gob.pa . 
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant in ternational 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 n umber) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : ISPM No.  20: 
Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 June 2 024 
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:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario, MIDA  
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal, DNSV  
Rio Tapia, Tocumen, apartado 081601611, Zona 5, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 504 4663  
Email:  prodriguez@mida.gob.pa ; vigilanciafito@mida.gob.pa  G/SPS/N/PAN/81  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [X] National No tification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario, MIDA  
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal, DNSV  
Rio Tapia, Tocumen, apartado 081601611, Zona 5, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 504 4663  
Email:  prodriguez@mida.gob.pa ; vigilanciafito@mida.gob.pa