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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/PER/25
7 March 2001
(01-1095)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
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 may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Plants and vegetable products considered to be hosts of Thrips palmi .
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Colombia
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Abolishes the Rules Governing the
Importation of Vegetable Products Hosting Thrips palmi  and Other Thrips Imported from
Colombia (1 page)
5. Description of content:  This Resolution abolishes Departmental Resolution
No. 077-99-AG-SENASA (G/SPS/N/PER/12), which st ipulated that imports of plants and
vegetable products considered to be hosts of Thrips palmi  and other thrips species must
come from areas declared to be free of such pests by the Colombian Agricultural Institute
(ICA) and approved by the National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA).  However, thisResolution does not provide exemption from other phytosanitary import requirements
established for plants and vegetable products hosting species of thrips and other
A1 quarantine pests for Peru.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Standards established by the General
Secretariat of the Andean Community in its capacity as a regional organization
(phytosanitary requirements for the Andean region and pest risk analysis), WTO Agreement
on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, International Plant Protection
Convention.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Published in the
Official Journal "El Peruano" (available in Spanish)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  24 February 2001
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  24 February 2001G/SPS/N/PER/25
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11. Final date for comments:           
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal
Tel:  (511) 433 8026 Fax:  (511) 433 8048/2851
Fax:  (511) 433 7802 E-mail:  jbarrenechea@senasa.gob.pe
E-mail: ecarbonell@senasa.gob.pe
adelarosa@senasa.gob.pe
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal
Tel:  (511) 433 8026 Fax:  (511) 433 8048/2851
Fax:  (511) 433 7802 E-mail:  jbarrenechea@senasa.gob.peE-mail: ecarbonell@senasa.gob.pe
adelarosa@senasa.gob.pe