G/SPS/N/ARG/210/Add.1  
31 July 2018  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 3 0 July 2 018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Argentina . 
 
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Inclusion of the pest Bagrada hilaris  in the list of quarantine pests not found in the Argentine 
Republic and incorporation of this pest into the existing phytosanitary requirements for certain 
hosts  
The draft text notified in document G/SPS/N/ARG/210 of 2 6 January 2 018 provid es notice of  the 
incorporation of the pest Bagrada hilaris  into the existing phytosanitary requirements for certain 
hosts.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication, or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication, or date of entry into force  
[X] Other : Change in how pest is regulated.  
The pest concerned will not be incorporated into the phytosanitary import 
requirements governing the entry of host plant species into the Argentine Republic . 
However, within the framework of Argentina's current prevention activities, the 
number of physical inspections of shipments from countries where Bagrada hilaris  
is present will increase at border inspection points . In this cont ext, the relevant 
phytosanitary measures will be applied, as appropriate, if the pest is detected.  
Comment period : (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadli ne for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days . Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): Not applicable.  G/SPS/N/ARG/210/Add.1  
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if av ailable) of other 
body:  
Ministerio de Agroindustria  (Ministry of Agro -Industry)  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Agroindustriales Internacionales (Under -Secretariat for International 
Agro-Industrial Relations)  
Azopardo 1025, Piso 12, Oficina 5 (CP 1063)  
Buenos  Aires, Argentina  
Tel.: (+54 11) 4363 6208  
Fax: (+54 11) 4363 6329  
Email:  sps-argentina@magyp.gob.ar  
maxmor@magyp.gob.ar   
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 e Institucionales  (Coordinating Office for International 
and Institutional Relations)  
Av. Paseo Colón 367 - 5º p. CABA - 1063 
Tel.: (+54 11) 4121 5353  
Fax: (+54 11) 4121 5360  
Email:  relint@senasa.gov.ar  
cuareveg@senasa.gov.ar   
 
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