G/SPS/N/PAN/84  
14 May 2024 
(24-3762) Page: 1/2 
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) : Fresh strawberries ( Fragaria ananassa ), raspberries ( Rubus idaeus ), 
blackberries ( Rubus fruticosus ), Andean blackberries ( Rubus glaucus ), loganberries 
(Rubus  spp.) and avocados ( Persea americana ) 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 ; Canada ; Chile; Colombia ; Costa Rica ; 
Dominican Republic ; Ecuador ; Guatemala ; Honduras ; Italy; Mexico; Peru; Spain; 
United States of America ; Bolivarian Republic of  Venezuela  
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos Fitosanitarios de Importación (RFI), para 
consumo humano y/o transformación : RFI Fresas/frutilla (Fragaria ananassa) origen de 
Estados Unidos de América (California y Florida), México ; RFI frambuesas (Rubus idaeus), 
zarzamora (Rubus fruticosus), moras (Rubus glaucus), moras -frambuesa (Rubus sp.), 
origen de Estados U nidos de América (California y Florida), Canadá, Argentina, Chile, 
Colombia, México, Costa Rica, España y Italia ; RFI aguacates (Persea americana) origen 
de Estados Unidos de América (California y Florida), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, México, Perú, República Dominicana y Venezuela  (Phytosanitary 
Import Requirements (PIR), for human consumption and/or processing : PIR for 
strawberries ( Fragaria ananassa ) originating in the United States of America (California 
and Florida) and Me xico; PIR for raspberries ( Rubus idaeus ), blackberries ( Rubus 
fruticosus ), Andean blackberries ( Rubus glaucus ) and loganberries ( Rubus  spp.) 
originating in the United States of America (California and Florida), Canada, Argentina, 
Chile, Colombia, Mexico, C osta Rica, Spain and Italy ; PIR for avocados ( Persea 
americana ) originating in the United States of America (California and Florida), Chile, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru 
and Venezuela ) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages:  
https://mida.gob.pa/requisitos -fitosanitarios -para-importacion -sv/ 
6. Description of content : 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 Agency (APA), the National Director ate of Plant Health of MIDA hereby 
notifies the phytosanitary authorities of its trading partners that it has updated the PIRs 
for fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, Andean blackberries, loganberries and 
avocados for human consumption and/or pr ocessing, originating in the countries indicated 
in each PIR.  G/SPS/N/PAN/84  
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  In this regard, please find attached the 27 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@m ida.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 re levant 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) : 
[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) : 13 July 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  
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal  
Rio Tapia, Tocumen, apartado 081601611, Zona 5, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 504 4663  
Email:  prodriguez@mida.gob.pa ; vigilanciafito@mida.gob.pa  
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  
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal  
Rio Tapia, Tocumen, apartado 081601611, Zona 5, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 504 4663  
Email : prodriguez@mida.gob.pa ; vigilanciafito@mida.gob.pa