G/SPS/N/CRI/214   
10 May 2019  
(19-3225) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member : COSTA RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved :  
2. Agency  respons ible: Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal , SENASA  (National Animal 
Health Service) , Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería , MAG (Ministry of Agriculture and 
Livestock)  
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):  Day-old live poultry  (HS code : 0105) , fertile eggs  (HS code : 0407) , 
fresh meat  (HS code : 0207) , meat offal of poultry  (HS code : 1602) , feathers and down  
(HS code : 0505)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries : United States of America (Monterey  County , 
California ) 
5. Title of the notified document : Resolución N° SENASA -DG-R015-2019 - Dirección 
General del Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal  (Resolution SENASA -DG-R015-2019 - 
Directorate -General of the National Animal Health Service)  Language(s ): Spanish  
Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CRI/19_2792_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : Orders the temporary suspension of imports of the commodities 
indicated in Chapter 10.4 ("Infection with avian influenza viruses") of the OIE Terrestrial 
Anima l Health Code from Monterey County, California, United States of America, produced 
or obtained 21 calendar days prior to the beginning of the notified outbreak and from 
establishments that have not received products from the affected county.  
This excludes  products that may be subject to mitigation measures at the place of origin, 
in accordance with the above Chapter of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, for which 
the sanitary certificates accompanying imports must indicate the mitigation measures to 
which the avian products were subject, including irradiation treatment, cooking time and 
temperature, pasteurization, and sterilization.  
SENASA may permit the resumption of trade in the aforementioned goods  three months 
after compliance with the measures laid down in Article 10.4.3(2) of the OIE Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code .  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [ X] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests .  G/SPS/N/CRI/214  
 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action : Information 
provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the World 
Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) on th e presence of the H5 LPAI virus in a commercial 
breeding -duck hatchery in Monterey  County , California.  
9. 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) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
Chapter 10.4 ("Infection with avian influenza viruses") of the OIE Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code  
[ ] International  Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] 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:  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
http://www.senasa.go.cr/informacion/centro -de-
informacion/informacion /sgc/dca/resoluciones -2/2019 -1 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
Immediately  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body :  
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG)  
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado (SFE)  
Centro de Información y Notificación en MSF  
Apartado postal 1521 - 1200 
San José, Costa Rica  
Tel.: (+506) 2549 3407  
Fax: ( +506) 2549 3598  
Email : puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go. cr