WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.34
15 July 2003
(03-3843)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
QUESTIONNAIRE ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Submission by Paraguay
AddendumG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.34
Page 2 Technical assistance requirements:
Information Trainin g Infrastructure
(Hard and/or Soft)Specific Concerns Other
Rights,
obligations and
practicaloperation of theSPS Agreement
1Seminars on the WTO SPSAgreement for public- andprivate-sector officials.Enquiry and notification points
for sanitary and phytosanitarymeasures.1. Establishment and operation of
enquiry and notification points for
sanitary and phytosanitarymeasures.
2. Provision of computer equipment
(multimedia and audiovisual).
Food safety2,3 Seminars and workshops on
Codex standards on unprocessed
and semi-processed products.Techniques and procedures for
analyzing residues in products
of animal and plant origin.Provision of equipment, standards and
reagents for residue laboratories.
Animal health2 Conferences, seminars and
workshops on:1. The SPS Agreement.
2. Equivalence and appropriate
level of protection.
3. Animal health in relation to
the SPS Agreement, theProtocol on Biosafety, theCodex and the OfficeInternational des Epizooties(OIE).1. Disease diagnosis
2. Epidemiological
monitoring
3. Biologics control
4. Regionalization guidelines
and procedures
5. Guidelines and procedures
for determiningequivalence
6. Risk assessment.1. Inspection and quarantine
facilities at entry points.
2. Communications equipment for
regional office / checkpoint
network.
3. Computer and audiovisual
equipment.
Plant health3 Conferences, seminars and
workshops on:
1. Principles of plant
quarantine as related tointernational trade;
2. Equivalence and appropriate
level of protection.
3. Design, set-up and
development of a plantquarantine pest database.
4. Plant health as related to the
Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety, the Convention
on Biological Diversity andthe Codex Alimentarius.
5. Establishment of an
information exchangesystem (creation of local,
national and internationalTraining on:
1. Pest risk assessment.
2. Procedures for the
determination andapplication of equivalence.
3. Regionalization guidelines
and procedures
4. Monitoring and inspection
systems for thepurpose of pest detection.
5. Inspection, sampling and
test methods and relevant
treatment procedures.
6. Production of antisera for
detected viral infections.
7. Handling and control of
GMOs and GM products
and by-products.A. H
ARD INFRASTRUCTURE
1. Building, vehicle and equipment
rehabilitation for main entrypoints.
2. Facilities for quarantine services.
3. Establishment of a biotechnology
laboratory with disease diagnosis
facilities.G/SPS/GEN/295/Add.34
Page 3Technical assistance requirements:
Information Trainin g Infrastructure
(Hard and/or Soft)Specific Concerns Other
networks).
Contact details 1Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock; Special Committee on International Trade and Integration: Tel. (595)-21-582290.
2 Under-secretariat for Livestock: Tel. (595)-21-585212; Na tional Animal Health Serv ice (SENACSA): Tel. 501374.
3  Plant Protection Directorate (DDV): Tel. (595)-21-570513/574343G/SPS/GEN/295/Add.34
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(Such information could include, inter alia, a more detailed description of the technical assistance
required, any relevant background information on the reasons for the request, the possibility ofusing a regional approach to the provision of the requested assistance and the scope for a
coordinated approach among relevant international organizations.)
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