G/SPS/N/PER/972  
10 March  2022 
(22-2153) 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  blueberry plants (HS Code: 0.602.90.90.00)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Portugal  
5. Title of the notified document: Proyecto de Resolución Directoral para el 
establecimiento de requisitos fitosanitarios de  necesario cumplimiento en la importación 
de plantas in vitro de arándano (Vaccinium corymbosum) de origen Perú y procedencia 
Portugal  (Draft Directorial Resolution establishing the mandatory phytosanitary 
requirements governing the importation of in vitro  blueberry (Vaccinium  corymbosum ) 
plants originating in Peru and coming from Portugal) Language(s):  Spanish Number of 
pages:  3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/PER/22_2044_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Directorial Resolution sets out the 
phytosani tary requirements governing the importation into Peru of in vitro  blueberry 
(Vaccinium corymbosum ) plants originating in Peru and coming from Portugal, 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protectio n Convention (e.g. ISPM 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/972  
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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: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 May 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number a nd 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:  
Text available from:  
Julio Miguel Vivas Bancallan  
Director(e) de la 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. 6142  
Email: jvivas@senasa.gob.pe  
SPS contact point: notificacionesmsf@senasa.gob.pe