G/SPS/N/ARG/258  
26 September  2022 
(22-7198) 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 Agroalimentaría , 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) : Castor oil ( Ricinus communis ) seeds for propagation  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Brazil 
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de semillas 
de ricino (Ricinus communis) con destino propagación, provenientes de Brasil, hacia la 
República Argentina (Phytosanitary requirements for the importation into the Argentine 
Republic of castor oil ( Ricinus communis ) seeds for propagation from Brazil) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/ARG/22_6124_00_s.pd f 
6. Description of content : The notified document sets out the phytosanitary requirements 
for the importation into the Argentine Republic of castor oil ( Ricinus communis ) seeds for 
propagation from Brazil.  
A phytosanitary certificate is to be issued containing the following additional declaration:  
The consignment comes from a crop that was officially inspected during the growth period 
and is free from... or the results of official laboratory analysis No. (......) show the 
consignment to be free  from Fusarium oxysporum  f. sp. ricini and Amphobotrys ricini . 
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 Ani mal 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?  G/SPS/N/ARG/258  
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  [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) : 2 September 2 022 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 2 September 2 022 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 2 September 2 022 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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:  
Secretariat for 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 (National Agriculture and 
Food Quality 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