G/SPS/N/PER/943  
21 July 2021 
(21-5742) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : PERU 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria, SENASA  (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) : Fresh peppers ( Capsicum annuum L.) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Uzbekistan  
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de Resolución Directoral para el 
establecimiento de requisitos fitosanitarios de necesario cumplimiento en la importación de 
frutos frescos de pimiento (Capsicum annuum L.) de origen y procedencia Uzbekistán  
(Draft Directorial Resolution establishing mandatory phytosanitary requirements governing 
the importation of fresh peppers ( Capsicum annuum L.) originating in  and coming from 
Uzbekistan) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/PER/21_4780_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of co ntent : The notified draft Directorial Resolution sets out the 
phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Peru of fresh peppers 
(Capsicum annuum L.) originating in and coming from Uzbekistan, following the 
completion of the relevant pest risk  analysis.  
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.) : ISPM Nos. 1, 2, 
11, 20 and 21  
[ ] 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 G/SPS/N/PER/943  
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  international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
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) : Upon publication in the Official Journal, El Peruano  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 September 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax n umber and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Text available from:  
Julio Vivas Bancallan  
Director(e) de Subdirección de Cuarentena Vegetal  (Director of the Sub -Directorate of 
Plant Quarantine), SENASA  
Av. La Molina Nº 1915, Lima 12, Lima, Peru  
Tel.: (+511) 313 3300, Ext. 6120  
Email : jvivas@senasa.gob.pe  
SPS contact point : notificacio nesmsf@senasa.gob.pe