G/SPS/N/PER/945  
17 August  2021 
(21-6251) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : PERU 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria, SENASA  (National Agrarian 
Health Service)  
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) : Plants and plant products ; processed and manufactured products of 
plant origin requiring a phytosanitary certificate from Peru  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Updating of the phytosanitary certificate with the 
current acronym of the Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario y Riego , MIDAGRI (Ministry of 
Agrarian Development and Irrigation), and the SENASA logo . Language(s) : Spanish 
Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/PER/21_5238_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : In the notified document, Peru is notifying its trading partners 
of an updated form at for phytosanitary certificates, in order to avoid any disruption to 
trade . As a result of the creation of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, 
MIDAGRI, which replaces the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, MINAGRI, any official 
documents issued will differ slightly from current documents.  
The changes involve the current acronym : MIDAGRI and the SENASA logo . In addition, 
the new format for phytosanitary certificates will be issued from 2 3 August 2 021. It is 
important to bear in mind that any phytosanitary certificate reissued from that date 
onwards will also be under the updated format, even if the certificate it replaces was 
submitted using the previous format.  
SENASA emphasizes that the current format conti nues to follow the international 
standards for phytosanitary measures and that the other characteristics and security 
features of phytosanitary certificates remain.  
In addition, as a security measure, phytosanitary certificates issued by SENASA can be 
checked using the following link: https://servicios.senasa.gob.pe/verify/ . 
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/PER/945  
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  8. Is there a relevant 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. 12 
[ ] 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) : 23 Aug ust 2021 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 23 August 2 021 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 23 August 2 021 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if ava ilable) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Mr Julio Vivas Bancallán  
Directora(e) de Subdirección de Cuarentena Vegetal (Director of the Sub -Directorate of 
Plant Quarantine), SENASA  
Av. La Molina Nº 1915, Lima 12, Lima, Peru  
Tel.: (+511) 313 3300, Ext. 2001  
Email : jvivas@senasa.gob.pe  
SPS contact point : notificacionesmsf@senasa.gob.pe