. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PER/72 
22 March 2004  
 
(04-1254) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Live cattle, sheep, goats, deer, domestic  and wild felines, products and by-
products of bovine, ovine, caprine or cervid orig in (including brains, spinal cords, thymus 
glands, spleens, tonsils, intestines, nerve tissue and lymphatic tissue) and meat-and-bone 
meal for animal feed.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, 
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, L uxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, 
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom (Great Britain, Northern 
Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey) and the United States.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Import Ban on Live 
Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Deer and Domestic and Wild Felines, the By-Products Thereof and 
Meat-and-Bone Meal for Animal Feed from Countries Affected by Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. Departmental Resolution No. 59-2004-AG-SENASA.  
6. Description of content:  Import ban on live cattle, sheep, goats, deer, domestic and wild 
felines, products and by-products  of bovine, ovine, caprine or cervid origin (including 
brains, spinal cords, thymus glands, spleens,  tonsils, intestines, nerve tissue and lymphatic 
tissue), and meat-and-bone meal for animal feed from the countries listed above. The ban 
encompasses embryos of the above species orig inating from the aforementioned countries.  
 Ban on imports of the animals, products  and by-products described above from 
third countries free from transmissible spongifo rm encephalopathies if the animals or 
materials used in the production, manufacture or processing of these products and by-products come from the affected countries listed above. 
 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 th e provisions of this Resolution because they do 
not present any health risk. 
 All unused and valid animal health import permits issued at the national level for 
the livestock products banned under this Resolution are cancelled. 
 Abrogation of Departmental Resolution No. 308-2003-AG-SENASA. G/SPS/N/PER/72 
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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: Bovine Spongiform 
Encephalopathy, a disease exotic to Peru, has been reported in various countries, making it 
necessary to update and strengthen nati onal legislation in that regard.  
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] 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:  Measures based on the OI E Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code.  
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Departmental 
Resolution No. 59-2004-AG-SENASA (2 pages, in Spanish).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  From the date of its 
publication in the Official Journal "El Peruano" as of 10 March 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, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria - SENASA  Dirección General de Sanidad Animal Pasaje Zela s/n, Edificio Ministerio de Agricultura, Piso 10, Lima 11, Peru Fax:  (51 1) 431-4478 and (51 1) 423-0320 
E-mail:  postmaster@senasa.gob.pe, odominguez@senasa.gob.pe