G/SPS/N/PAN/83  
3 May 2024 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : PANAMA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal , DNSV (National Directorate 
of Plant Health), Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario , MIDA (Ministry of Agricultural 
Development)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers sho uld be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Fresh p eaches ( Prunus persica  L.), nectarines ( Prunus persica  var. 
nucipersica ), stone fruits ( Prunus sp.), apricots ( Prunus americana = Armeniaca ), wild 
cherries ( Prunus avium ), plumcots ( Prunus armeniaca  x domestica ) and persimmons 
(Diospyros kaki ) for human consumption and/or processing  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Chile; China; Colombia ; Italy; Mexico; Spain; 
United States of America (Georgia, California  and Florida)  
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos Fitosanitarios de Importación (RFI), para 
consumo humano y/o transformación : RFI Melocotones /Durazno (Prunus persica L.), 
Griñones/Nectarinas (Prunus persica var. nucipersica) origen de Estados Unidos de 
América (Georgia, Florida), Colombia ; RFI nectarinas (Prunus persica var. nucipersica) 
origen de Estados Unidos de América (California) ; RFI Mel ocotones/Durazno (Prunus 
persica L.) origen de México, España, China ; RFI Fruta de hueso (Prunus sp) origen de 
Italia; RFI Albaricoques (damascos y chabacanos) (Prunus americana = Armeniaca) y 
demás frutas frescas comestibles, del género Prunus sp origen d e Estados Unidos de 
América (California) ; RFI de Melocotones/Duraznos (Prunus persica) ; Nectarinas (Prunus 
persica var nucipersica) ; Albaricoques (damascos y chabacanos) (Prunus americana = 
Armeniaca) ; Carozos/Cerezas (Prunus avium), Plumcot (Prunus armeni aca x domestica) 
de origen Chile ; RFI de Persimonios/Caquis (Diospyros kaki) origen de Chile, China, 
España, Estados Unidos de América (California y Florida)  (Phytosanitary import 
requirements (PIRs) for certain fruits for human consumption and/or processi ng: PIRs for 
peaches ( Prunus persica  L.) and nectarines ( Prunus persica  var. nucipersica ) originating 
in the United States of America (Georgia  and Florida)  and Colombia ; PIRs for nectarines 
(Prunus persica  var. nucipersica ) originating in the United States of America (California) ; 
PIRs for peaches ( Prunus persica  L.) originating in Mexico, Spain  and China ; PIRs for 
stone fruits ( Prunus sp.) originating in Italy ; PIRs for apricots ( Prunus americana = 
Armeniaca ) and other edible fresh fruits of the  genus Prunus  sp. originating in the United 
States of America (California) ; PIRs for peaches ( Prunus persica ), nectarines ( Prunus 
persica  var. nucipersica ), apricots ( Prunus americana = Armeniaca ), wild cherries ( Prunus 
avium ) and plumcots ( Prunus armeniaca  x domestica ) originating in Chile ; PIRs for 
persimmons ( Diospyros kaki ) originating in Chile, China, Spain  and the  United States of 
America (California and Florida)) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages:  
https://mida.gob.pa/requisitos -fitosanitarios -para-importacion -sv/ G/SPS/N/PAN/83  
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  6. Description of content : Pursuant to the statutory powers g ranted to the Ministry of 
Agricultural Development (MIDA) by Law No. 206 of 3 0 March 2 021 establishing the 
Panamanian Food Agency (APA), the National Directorate of Plant Health of MIDA wishes 
to notify the phytosanitary authorities of Panama 's trading par tners that it has updated 
the PIRs for fresh peaches, nectarines, apricots, wild cherries , stone fruits  and plumcots  
for human consumption and/or processing, originating in the countries indicated in each 
set of PIRs. 
In this regard, please find attached the 15  sets of PIRs so that the trading partners 
specified under point  4 may make any comments they consider necessary, to be sent to 
the following email address: vigilanciafito@mida.gob.pa  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] 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 seri al 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 No. 20: 
Guidelines for a phyt osanitary import regulatory system  
[ ] 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) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Prop osed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 2 July 2 024 
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 Desarrollo Agropecuario  (Ministry of Agricultural Development)  
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal , DNSV  (National Directorate of Plant Health)  
Rio Tapia, Tocumen, apartado 081601611, Zona 5, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 504 4663 
Email:  prodriguez@mida.gob.pa  
 vigilanciafito@mida.gob.pa  G/SPS/N/PAN/83  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax n umber and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario  
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal, DNSV  
Rio Tapia, Tocumen, apartado 081601611, Zona 5, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 504 4663  
Email:  prodriguez@mida.gob.pa  
 vigilanciafito@mida.gob.pa