G/SPS/N/PER/910  
5 January  2021 
(21-0128) 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) : In vitro orchid ( Phalaenopsis  spp., Dendrobium  spp., Paphiopedilum  
spp. and Cymbidium  spp.) plants  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Thailand  
5. Title of the notified document : Resolución Directoral 0023 -2020-MINAGRISENASA -
DSV (Directorial Resolution No. 0023-2020-MINAGRISENASA -DSV) Language(s) : 
Spanish Number of pages : 3 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/PER/21_0138_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Directorial Resolution establishes the mandatory 
phytosanitary requirements governing the importation of in vitro orchid ( Phalaenopsis  
spp., Dendr obium  spp., Paphiopedilum  spp. and Cymbidium  spp.) plants originating in 
and coming from Thailand.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] 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) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/PER/910  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 16 December 2 020 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 17 December 2 020 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 17 December 2 020 
[ ] 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 Enquir y Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) 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. 6120  
Email : jvivas@senasa.gob.pe