G/SPS/N/URY/60  
17 June 2021 
(21-4954) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : URUGUAY  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca  (Ministry of Livestock, 
Agriculture and Fisheries)  
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) : Queen bees and apiculture prod ucts 
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 : Resolución del Grupo Mercado Común (GMC) del 
MERCOSUR - GMC/RES . N° 11/12 "Requisitos Zoosanitarios de los Estados Partes para la 
Importación de abejas reinas y productos apícolas (Derogación de la Res . GMC N° 23/07)"  
(MERCOSUR Common Market Group (GMC) Res olution GMC/RES . No. 11/12 "Animal 
health requirements of the States Parties for the importation of queen bees and apiculture 
products (Repeal of GMC Resolution No. 23/07)") Language(s) : Spanish Number of 
pages : 8 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/URY/21_4199_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text approves the animal health requirements of 
the MERCOSUR States Parties and the certificate templates for the importation of queen 
bees and apiculture products.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety , [X] animal health , [ ] plant protection , 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. 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 Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Section 5, Chapter 5.7, of the 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code  - 
 http://www.oie.int/index.php?id=169&L=2&htmfile=sommaire.htm  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No G/SPS/N/URY/60  
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  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 ): To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 August 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point Address, fax number and email add ress (if 
available) of other body:  
Unidad de Asuntos Internacionales  (International Affairs Unit)  
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca  (Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and 
Fisheries)  
Constituyente 1476, tercer piso  
Montevideo, Uruguay  
Tel.: +(598) 2412 6358  
Fax: +(598) 2410 7205  
Email : uai@mgap.gub.uy  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Servicios Ganaderos , (Directorate -General of Livestock Services)  
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca  (Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and 
Fisheries)  
Ruta Nacional No 8, km 17.100  
Montevideo, Uruguay  
Tel.: +(598) 2220 4000, Ext. 150104  
Fax: +(598) 2220 4000, Ext. 150801  
Email : digesega@mgap.gub.uy