G/SPS/N/PAN/72/Add.2  
28 November  2022 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 2 3 November 2 022, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Panama . 
 
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Phytosanitary certificate of the Republic of Panama  
Attached copies of the phytosanitary certificate:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/PAN/22_7988_00_s.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/PAN/22_7988_00_e.pdf  
Trade facilitating measure . With a view to preventing trade disruptions, Panama wishes to inform 
its trading partners that it will continue to use th e Generic ePhyto National System (GeNS) of the 
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) ePhyto Solution Project to generate and transmit 
phytosanitary certificates . In 2022, Panama has successfully exchanged electronic phytosanitary 
certificates wi th major trading partners, and therefore invites others to formalize similar 
agreements for the exchange of such certificates.  
For those countries with which  the electronic transmission of phytosanitary certificates has not 
been formalized or that are not connected to the ePhyto hub, Panama will use the IPPC GeNS to 
issue paper  phytosanitary  certificates, which are to be submitted by the interested party to the 
National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of the importing country at the point of entry . A 
sample of a paper phytosanitary certificate generated in the GeNS is attached.  
Given that the progressive migration from the manual system to the GeNS will take longer than 
anticipated, the previous  format  (also attached)  will remain valid in 2023.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[X] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication, or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[X] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication, or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period : (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Membe rs, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days . Under G/SPS/N/PAN/72/Add.2  
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  other circumstances, such as extension of the originally announced final date for 
comments, the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 1 January 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of 
other body:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario  (Ministry of Agricultural Development)  
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal , DNSV (National Directorate of Plant Health)  
Rio Tapia, Tocumen, apartado 081601611, Zona 5, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 504 4663  
Email: prodriguez@mida.gob.pa  
Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . 
Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
 
 
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