G/SPS/N/ARG/197  
27 October  2016 
(16-5898) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and P hytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : ARGENTINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria , SENASA 
(National Agriculture and Food Quality and Health Service)  
3. Products co vered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Phoenix dactylifera  plants  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevan t or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners, or  
[X] Specific regions or countries : England (United Kingdom)  
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de plantas 
de Phoenix dactylifera, originarias de Inglaterra  (Phyto sanitary requirements governing the 
importation of Phoenix dactylifera  plants from England) Language(s) : Spanish Number 
of pages : 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016 /SPS/ARG/16_4518_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : Phytosanitary requirements concerning the additional 
declarations to be made on phytosanitary certificates accompanying consignments of 
Phoenix dactylifera  plants imported into Argentina from England f or propagation purposes.  
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 Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No. ) International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 2 and 11.  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, wheneve r possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  G/SPS/N/ARG/197  
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : After the deadline for submitting comments.  
Proposed date of public ation (dd/mm/yy) : After adoption.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : After adoption.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 26 December 2 016 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Servicio Naciona l de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria, SENASA  
Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales  
Tel.: +(54 11) 4121 5353  
Fax: +(54 11) 4121 5360  
Email : relint@senasa.gov.ar  
 cuareveg@senasa.gov.ar  
Website: http://www.senas a.gov.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  
Coordinación de Rela ciones Internacionales  
Tel.: +(54 11) 4121 5353  
Fax: +(54 11) 4121 5360  
Email : relint@senasa.gov.ar  
 cuareveg@senasa.gov.ar  
Website: http://www.senasa.gov.ar/