G/SPS/N/PER/971  
7 March  2022 
(22-2071) 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 requiri ng 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: Nuevo Formato de Certificado Fitosanitario de Perú 
(New Peruvian phytosanitary certificate format) Language(s):  Spanish Number of 
pages:  2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/PER/22_1980_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified document is submitted by Peru, in order to avoid 
any disruption to trade, to notify its trading partners that all phytosanitary certificates will 
be printed on plain white paper in black and white.  
The new certificate will be implemented from 10 March 2022 onwards. During the 
transition period, both the new certificate and the current certificate may be submitted 
for a period of time in consideration of the validity of the certificates issued before 10 
March 2022.  
SENASA emphasizes that these phytosanitary certificates comply with the International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures and maintain the following security features:  
a) The logo of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation in the t op left;  
b) The SENASA logo in the top right;  
c) A single quick response (QR) code in the top right below the SENASA logo allowing 
online validation.  
In addition, as a security measure, phytosanitary certificates issued by SENASA can be 
checked using the followi ng 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 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Aliment arius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM 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) : 10 March 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 10 March 2022  
11. Proposed d ate of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 10 March 2022  
[ ] 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:  
Julio Vivas Bancallán  
Director(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