. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BOL/5 
1 March 2004 
 
 (04-0899) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BOLIVIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety 
(SENASAG)  
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):  Poultry, broiler breeder chicks, fr esh eggs, fertile eggs, products and 
by-products of avian origin.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Asian 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Administrative 
Resolution No. 002/2004 of 5 February 2004 (two pages).  
6. Description of content:  Declaration of a state of sanitary alert throughout the national 
territory in response to the occurrence of hi ghly pathogenic avian influenza in birds and 
humans in Asian countries.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] 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:  According to the latest 
emergency reports by the World Organization fo r Animal Health (OIE), Cambodia, Korea, 
Hong Kong (China), China, Viet Nam, La os, Japan and Pakistan have experienced 
outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza.   Since the disease is exotic to Bolivia and 
has not been reported by the country's official public and private laboratories, measures must be taken to prevent the entry of an d the health risk presented by the 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:  
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  National Service for 
Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SE NASAG) Administrative Resolution No. 002/2004 
of 5 February 2004 (available in Spanish).  G/SPS/N/BOL/5 
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 11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  5 February 2004  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuar ia e Inocuidad Alimentaria (SENASAG)  
Av. José Natusch Velasco s/n. 
Trinidad 
Departamento del Beni República de Bolivia Tel.:  (591-03) 4620151 / 4628106 Fax:  (591-03) 4652096 / 4652136 Web site:  http//macia.gov.bo
 
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13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuar ia e Inocuidad Alimentaria (SENASAG)  
Av. José Natusch Velasco s/n. 
Trinidad 
Departamento del Beni República de Bolivia Tel.:  (591-03) 4620151 / 4628106 Fax:  (591-03) 4652096 / 4652136 
Web site:  http//macia.gov.bo
 
E-mail: senasag_dir@hotmail.com  senasagunaj@hotmail.com