G/SPS/N/PAN/80  
9 April 2024 
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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 (National Directorate 
of Plant Health), Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario , MIDA (Ministry of Agricultural 
Development)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers sho uld be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Dried maize ( Zea ma ys), rice ( Oryza sativa ), peas ( Pisum sativum ) 
and cocoa ( Theobroma cacao ) for human consumption and/or processing  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Argentina ; Brazil; China; Colombia ; Dominican 
Republic ; Ecuador ; France ; Guyana ; Italy; Paraguay ; Peru; Russian Federation ; 
South Africa ; Chinese Taipei ; Türkiye ; Ukraine ; United States of America ; Uruguay  
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos Fitosanitarios de Importación (RFI), para 
consumo humano y/o transformación : RFI Maíz (Zea mays) origen de Estados Unidos de 
América (Nebraska, Illinois, Nuevo México, Luisiana, Virginia, California, Florida, Georgia y 
Washington), México, Argentina, Brasil, Costa Rica, Francia, Canadá, Colombia, Nicaragua, 
Perú, Sudáfrica, Ecuador, República Dominicana, Honduras, Guatemala ; RFI Arroz (Oryza 
sativa) origen de Estados Uni dos de América (Florida, Texas, Luisiana, Arkansas, Nueva 
York, California), origen de Asia procedente de Estados Unidos de América, Uruguay, 
Paraguay, Guyana, Brasil, Argentina, Italia y Taipei Chino ; RFI Arvejas (Pisum sativum) 
origen de Estados Unidos d e América (California, Washington, Dakota del Norte y Florida), 
Canadá, Perú, Guatemala, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, China, Rusia, 
Ucrania Italia y Turquía ; RFI Cacao (Theobroma cacao) origen de República Dominicana, 
Honduras, Nicaragua, Cos ta Rica y Ecuador  (Phytosanitary import requirements (PIR), for 
human consumption and/or processing : PIR maize ( Zea mays ) originating in the United 
States of America (Nebraska, Illinois, New Mexico, Louisiana, Virginia, California, Florida, 
Georgia and Was hington), Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, France, Canada, 
Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru, South Africa, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Honduras and 
Guatemala ; PIR rice ( Oryza sativa) originating in the United States of America (Florida, 
Texas, Louisian a, Arkansas, New York and California) and originating in Asia and coming 
from the United States of America, Uruguay, Paraguay, Guyana, Brazil, Argentina, Italy 
and Chinese Taipei ; PIR peas ( Pisum sativum ) originating in the United States of America 
(Califo rnia, Washington, North Dakota and Florida), Canada, Peru, Guatemala, Argentina, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, China, Russia, Ukraine, Italy and Türkiye ; PIR cocoa 
(Theobroma cacao ) originating in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa 
Rica a nd Ecuador) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages:  
https://mida.gob.pa/requisitos -fitosanitarios -para-importacion -sv/ 
6. Description of content : Pursuant to the statutory powers granted to the Ministry of 
Agricultural Development (MIDA) by Law No. 206 of 3 0 March 2 021 establishing the G/SPS/N/PAN/80  
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  Panamanian Food Agency (APA), the National Directorate of Plant Health of MIDA hereby 
notifies the phytosanitary authorities of its trading partners that it has updated the PIRs for 
dried maize, rice, peas and cocoa for human consumption and/or processing, originating in 
the countries indicated in each PIR . In this regard, please find attached t he 54  PIRs so that 
the trading partners specified under point  4 may make any comments they consider 
necessary, to be sent to the following email address: vigilanciafito@mida.gob.pa . 
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] 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 seri al 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 No. 20: 
Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system  
[ ] 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 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) : To be determined  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 June 2 024 
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:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario  
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal  
Rio Tapia, Tocumen, apartado 081601611, Zona 5, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 504 4663  
Email:  prodriguez@mida.gob.pa  
vigilanciafito@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  
Rio Tapia, Tocumen, apartado 081601611, Zona 5, Pan ama 
Tel.: (+507) 504 4663  
Email:  prodriguez@mida.gob.pa  
vigilanciafito@mida.gob.pa