G/SPS/N/ARG/237  
4 June 2020 
(20-4023) 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) : Maritime transport vessels  
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 : Proyecto de norma que establece los requisitos 
fitosanitarios para buques de transporte marítimo, que hayan zarpado o permanecido en 
áreas con presencia de Lymantria dispar raza asiática y japónica, durante los últimos 24 
meses, contados desde el momento de arribo del buque a puerto argentino  (Draft 
Standard establishing the phytosanitary requirements for mariti me transport vessels 
having departed from or stayed in, in the 24 months prior to their arrival at an Argentine 
port, areas where Lymantria dispar asiatica and Lymantria dispar  japonica are present) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/ARG/20_3553_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
Lymantria dispar  is a quarantine pest not found in Argentina . The risk analysis identified 
maritime transport vessels as Lymantria dispar asiatica 's and Lymantria dispar japonica 's 
main possible pathway of introduction  into Argentina . 
The vessels must be covered by a certificate declaring them free from the Asian or 
Japanese gypsy moth . The certificate must be issued by the country's phytosanitary 
authority (or an institution under its control) and correspond to the vessel's last port of 
stay or departure located in an area where the pests are present.  
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.  G/SPS/N/ARG/237  
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  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 Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No.) : ISPM Nos. 2 
and 11  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
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) : 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 ): 90 days after the publication of the Standard in the Official Journal of 
Argentina.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 30 June 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 Markets)  
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)  
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