G/SPS/N/PER/923  
13 April 2021 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member : PERU 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria  (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) : Plantains and bananas  
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 : Resolución Jefatural N° 0048 -2021-MIDAGRI -SENASA 
del 11 de abril de 2021 mediante la cua l se "Declara el estado de emergencia fitosanitaria 
en el territorio nacional ante la presencia de la plaga Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense 
Raza 4 Tropical" (Departmental Resolution No. 0048-2021-MIDAGRI -SENASA of 1 1 April 
2021 declaring a phytosanitary emergency in the national territory due to the presence 
of the disease Fusarium oxysporum  f. sp. cubense  tropical race 4) Language(s) : Spanish 
Number of pages : 2 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/PER/21_2634_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Departmental Resolution declares a phytosanitary 
emergency in t he national territory due to the presence of the disease Fusarium 
oxysporum  f. sp. cubense  tropical race 4, for a period of one year as from the entry into 
force of this Departmental Resolution.  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action : Banana wilt 
disease is one of the most destru ctive diseases associated with plantain and banana crops . 
Tropical race 4 is a strain of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum  f. sp. cubense  which causes 
banana wilt disease in plants from the Musaceae  family, and which even affects the 
Cavendish variety of banan as. The same fungal strain has been reported in countries such 
as Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, the Philippines and Viet Nam . The distribution 
of the disease i s limited to one area, and therefore an emergency has been declared to 
implement containment measures to prevent it from spreading to other parts of the 
country.  G/SPS/N/PER/923  
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  9. 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) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable) : Upon 
publication in the Official Journal El Peruano . 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
César De La Cruz Lezcano  
Director de Sa nidad Vegetal  (Director of Plant Health)  
Av. La Molina Nº 1915, La Molina - Lima 
Email : cdelacruz@senasa.gob.pe   
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
César De La Cruz Lezcano  
Director de Sanidad Vegetal  
Av. La Molina Nº 1915, La Molina - Lima 
Email : cdelacruz@senasa.gob.pe