G/SPS/N/PAN/76  
12 January  2024 
(24-0285) Page: 1/2 
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), Ministerio de 
Desarrollo Agropecuario  (MIDA) (National Directorate of Plant Health, Ministry of 
Agricultural Development)  
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) : Plants, products and by -products of plant origin, and other regulated 
items that require a phytosanitary certificate from Panama  
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 : Certificados Fitosanitarios  (Phytosanitary certificates) 
Language(s) : English Number of pages : 1 
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/PAN/24_00446_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content : With a view to preventing trade disruptions, Panama wishes to 
inform its trading partners that it has completed the transition from manual  management 
to the Generic ePhyto National System (GeNS) of the International Plant Protection 
Convention (IPPC) ePhyto Solution Project to generate and transmit phytosanitary 
certificates for export and re -export electronically . Therefore, as of 1 January  2024, all 
phytosanitary certificates for export and re -export from Panama will be issued through 
the GeNS of the IPPC ePhyto Solution Project . An example of the phytosanitary certificate 
form generated by the GeNS is included.  
Panama wishes to inform its trading partners' phytosanitary authorities that the GeNS of 
the IPPC ePhyto  Solution Project has a public application for verifying the authenticity of 
phytosanitary certificates . I nterested parties should  go to 
https://pa.ephytoexchange.org/ , "Find a n issued certificate" , and fill out the requested 
fields to verify the authenticity of phytosanitary certificates issued by Panama.  
Panama currently has agreements for the electronic exchange of phytosanitary 
certificates with the authorities of 34 trading  partners, and it invites others to formalize 
similar agreements.  
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 pest s. 
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) : G/SPS/N/PAN/76  
- 2 - 
  [ ] 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 12: 
Phytosanitary certificates  
[ ] 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 ado ption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2 024 
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) : 1 January 2 024 
[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 emai l 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: prodr iguez@mida.gob.pa  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number 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