G/SPS/N/ARG/236  
11 March  2020 
(20-1903) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : ARGENTINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria , SENASA 
(National Agriculture and Food Quality and 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) : Fresh (chilled and frozen) products from aquatic animals susceptible 
to infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in accordance with the World Organisation for Animal 
Health (OIE) : Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ), brown trout ( Salmo trutta ) and rainbow trout 
(Onchorynchus mykiss ) from Chile entering the zone of Argentina declared free from  ISA. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Chile 
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de resolución referido a la modificación  de la 
Resolución SENASA No. 116/2016 (Anemia Infecciosa del Salmón -ISA) (Draft Resolution 
relating to the amendment of SENASA Resolution No. 116/2016 (infectious salmon 
anaemia (ISA)) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/ARG/20_1831_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution establishes ISA -related sanitary 
requirements for the entry of fresh (chilled and frozen) products from aquatic animals 
susceptible to ISA from Chile into the zone of Argentina declared free from ISA.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [ ] 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) : 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Aquatic Animal Health Code : Section 
10, Chapter 10.4 : Infection with infectious salmon anaemia virus  
[ ] 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/ARG/236  
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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:  
− SENASA Resolution No. 375/2013 : Declaration of salmonidae  disease -free zone . In 
accordance with the limits established by this Resolution, the zone comprising the 
upper Limay river b asin, including the Alicurá reservoir up to the hydroelectric dam 
of the same name , is declared free of epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus 
(EHNV), infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV), viral haemorrhagic 
septicaemia (VHS), infectious pancre atic necrosis (IPN), infectious salmon anaemia 
(ISA), bacterial kidney disease (BKD) and salmon rickettsial syndrome (SRS).  
− SENASA Resolution No. 116/2016 approving additional sanitary requirements 
relating to infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) with which int erested parties must 
comply when : (a) importing farmed salmon products from the Republic of Chile into 
the Argentine Republic ; (b) transiting with these products through the salmonidae  
disease -free zone of the Argentine Republic ; (c) transiting with farmed  salmon 
products and aquaculture material that pose a risk, through the Argentine Republic, 
but outside of the salmonidae  disease -free zone.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : After the deadline for submitting comments  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : After adoption  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): Upon publication in the Official Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 10 May 2 020 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca  (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and 
Fisheries)  
Dirección Nacional de Mercados Agroindustriales Internacionales  (National Directorate of 
International Agro -Industrial Mar kets) 
Paseo Colón 982, Piso 2, Oficina 222 (CP 1063)  
Buenos Aires, Argentina  
Tel.: (+5411) 4349 1673  
Email: sps-argentina@magyp.gob.ar  
maxmor@magyp.gob.ar  
13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria , SENASA (National Agriculture 
and Food Quali ty and Health Service)  
Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales  (Coordinating Office for International 
Relations)  
Tel.: (+5411) 4121 5353  
Fax: (+5411) 4121 5360  
Email: relint@senasa.gov.ar  
afidi@senasa.gob.ar  
Website: http://www.senasa.gov.ar/