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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PER/67 
7 January 2004 
 (04-0039) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Live cattle, sheep, goats and cervids, and products and by-products thereof 
(with the exception of semen, milk and milk  products);  and animal feed concentrates, 
including meat-and-bone meal, containing mammal protein. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   United 
States of America  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Import ban on cattle, 
sheep, goats, cervids, and products and by-products thereof from the United States of America.  Departmental Reso lution No. 303-2003-AG-SENASA   
6. Description of content:   Import ban on live cattle, sheep, goats, cervids, and embryos, 
products and by-products of bovine, sheep, goat or cervid origin (including brains, spinal 
cords, thymus glands, spleens, tonsils, intes tines, nerve tissue and lymphatic tissue), and on 
animal feed concentrates, including meat-and-bone meal, containing mammal proteins.  Semen, milk and milk products are not incl uded in the provisions of this Resolution 
because they do not present any health risk. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests:   
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  The occurrence of 
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy has been reported in the United States of America, 
making it necessary to take action to maintain Peru's status as a country in which BSE is an exotic disease. 
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the 
appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:  Measures based on the OIE's 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code. 
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10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Departmental 
Resolution No. 303- 2003-AG-SENASA (1 page, in Spanish) 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Upon publication in the 
Official Journal El Peruano  on 26 December 2003. 
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  ] National notification 
authority,  [   ] National enquiry point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA) 
Directorate-General of Animal Health Pasaje Zela s/n, Ministry of Agriculture Building, 10
th floor 
Lima 11, Peru Fax: (+51 1) 431-4478 / 423-0320 
E-mail: postmaster@senasa.gob.pe
 or odominguez@senasa.gob.pe