G/SPS/N/PER/927  
20 May 2021 
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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) : Pitahaya ( Hylocereus megalanthus ) fruit  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Colombia  
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de Resolución Directoral para el 
establecimiento de requisitos fitosanitarios de necesario cumplimiento en la importación 
de frut as de pitahaya (Hylocereus megalanthus) de origen y procedencia Colombia (Draft 
Directorial Resolution establishing mandatory phytosanitary requirements governing the 
importation of pitahaya ( Hylocereus megalanthus ) fruit originating in and coming from 
Colombia) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/PER/21_3581_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The draft phytosanitary requirements governing the 
importation into Peru of pitahaya ( Hylocereus megalanthus ) fruit originating in and 
coming from Colombia are being submitted for public consultation following the 
completion of the relevant pest risk analysis.  
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) : 
[X] International Pla nt Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : ISPM Nos. 1, 2, 
11, 20 and 21.  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No G/SPS/N/PER/927  
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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) : Upon publication in the Official Journal, El Peruano  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 June 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point Address, fax number and email address (if 
availa ble) 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:  
Text available from:  
 Julio Miguel Vivas Bancallan  
Director (e) de Cuarentena Vegetal  (Director of Plant Quarantine), SENASA  
Av. La Molina Nº 1915, Lima 12, Lima, Peru  
Tel.: (+511) 313 -3300, Ext. 2031  
Email : jvivas@senasa.gob.pe   
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria  
Email : notificacionesmsf@senasa.gob.pe