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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/PER/68
7 January 2004
(04-0056)
Committee on Sanitary and 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):  Cattle, sheep, goats, cervids, domestic and wild felines, 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:
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United  Kingdom (Great Britain, Northern Ireland,
Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey), United States of America.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Import ban on cattle,
sheep, goats and domestic and wild felines from countries affected by Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy.  Departmental Resolution No. 308-2003-AG-SENASA
6. Description of content:   Import ban on live cattle, sheep, goats, cervids, domestic and wild
felines, and products and by-products of bovine, sheep, goat or cervid origin (including
brains, spinal cords, thymus glands, spleens, tonsils, intestines, nerve tissue and lymphatic
tissue), and on animal feed concentrates, including meat-and-bone meal, containing
mammal proteins.  The ban encompasses embryos of the above species originating from
the aforementioned countries.  Semen, milk, milk products, hides and skins, dicalcium
phosphate, gelatin and collagen prepared exclusively from hides and skins, and protein-free
tallow and derivatives made from such tallow  are not included in the provisions of this
Resolution because they do not present any health risk.  Repeals Departmental Resolutions
Nos. 103-2002, 107-2003 and 303-2003-AG-SENASA.
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 various parts of the world,making it necessary to update and strengthen domestic legislation on the subject since this
is an exotic disease in Peru.G/SPS/N/PER/68
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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, guidelin e or recommendation exists, give the
appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:  Measures based on the OIE's
Terrestrial Animal Health Code.
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Departmental
Resolution No. 308- 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 , as of 2 January 2004.
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, 10th floor
Lima 11, Peru
Fax: (+51 1) 431-4478 / 423-0320
E-mail: postmaster@senasa.gob.pe  or odominguez@senasa.gob.pe