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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/GTM/11
29 August 2003
(03-4507)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  GUATEMALA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food
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): Chapters 1-15, 18-21, 23-24, 28-33, 35, 40-47, 50-53 and 67 of the
Harmonized System
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Trading partners of Guatemala
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Regulation to the Law
on Plant Protection and Animal Health (27 pages)
6. Description of content:  The purpose is to develop the provisions contained in the Law on
Plant Protection and Animal Health, Decree No. 36-98.  For its implementation, the
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food shall use the technical and administrativestructure established in the internal institutio nal regulation of the Ministry of Agriculture,
Livestock and Food, through the Standards and Regulations Unit, which shall act in
coordination with other units of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food and other
national and international agencies and institutions.
In general terms, the chapter on plant protection and animal health develops
provisions concerning plant and animal health protection measures;  the system of
epidemiological surveillance and plant and animal health diagnosis;  the system of plant and
animal quarantine, and of authorization for the import and export of plants, animals and
products and by-products thereof;  plant and animal health inspection;  campaigns,
programmes and schemes for the detection, prevention, suppression, control and eradication
of pests and diseases affecting plants and an imals; declaration of states of emergency;
registration of legal persons interested in carrying out activities connected with inputs foragricultural and animal use;  registration of inputs for agricultural and animal use;
registration of agricultural and animal inputs for experimental purposes;  packaging,
packing, labels, pamphlets and notices for agricultural and animal inputs;  storage and
transport of inputs for agricultural and animal use;  destruction of empty packages and
containers, residues and unusable products, and spillage collection;  cancellation of theregistration of inputs for agricultural and animal use;  requirements for the import and
export of inputs for agricultural and animal use;  return of inputs for agricultural and animal
use;  retail marketing of inputs for agricultural and animal use;  handling and use of inputs
for agricultural and animal use;  programme of supervision and technical auditing for
companies and inputs for agricultural and animal use;  professional management;  nationaland international coordination;  disciplinary measures and final provisions.G/SPS/N/GTM/11
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7. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests  The Law on Plant Protection and Animal Health orders the
enactment of rules and regulations that contribute to its efficient and effective
implementation, the aim being to produce a legal instrument that supports the technical andadministrative activities for which the executive body is responsible, thereby contributing to
the protection, conservation, development and sustainable use of the agricultural and
hydrobiological heritage and of renewable natural resources, through the joint definition of
clear and stable rules, and supervision of their proper implementation at national level.
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,
[    ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Regulation to the
Law on Plant Protection and Animal Heal th (Government Decision No. 745-99 of
30 September 1999) developing the provisions of the Law on Plant Protection and Animal
Health (Decree No. 36-98 published on 8 August 1998 in the Official Journal)  (Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Guatemala, 4 November 1999 (published in the Official
Journal)
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Guatemala, 12 November 1999.
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable
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:
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food
Strategic Policy and Information Unit, Information Department
5a Ave. 8-06, zona 9
Tel:  (502) 361-7786, 334-1048
Fax:  (502) 361-7783
E-mail:  informacion.upie@maga.gob.gt
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and FoodStandards and Regulations Unit
Office of Standards and Procedures
7a Avenida 12-90, zona 13
Anexo Edificio Monja BlancaFax:  (502) 475-3058, (502) 457-3068, (502) 475-3074
E-mail:  correo@unr.com.gt