G/SPS/N/ARG/182
27 July 2015
(15-3841)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary 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 covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  Swine 
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:  Incorporación al art. 4 de la Ley de Policía Sanitaria 
de la enfermedad Diarrea Epidémica Porcina (PED), para proceder a su denuncia obligatoria  (Incorporation of porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) into Article 4 of the 
Animal Health Monitoring and Surveillance Law as a notifiable disease)   
Language(s):  Spanish  Number of pages:  4  
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/ARG/15_2833_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified text incorporates the disease known as porcine 
epidemic diarrhoea (PED), caused by strains of a virus in the family Coronaviridae  and 
its variants, into Article 4 of the General Regulations on Animal Health Monitoring and Surveillance, adopted pursuant to the Decree of 8 November 1906.  
The text provides for the mandatory and immediate reporting of suspected cases of 
porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) in swine establishments throughout national territory, irrespective of ownership status. The owners or persons in charge of the animals or establishments in question or their veterinary surgeons are required to notify cases to 
the National Agriculture and Food Quality an d Health Service (SENASA) immediately.   
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)  
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Chapter 1.1: Notification of diseases, 
infections and infestations, and provision of epidemiological information  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   G/SPS/N/ARG/182 
 
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  [ ] 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) :  After the close of the comment period 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  After adoption 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  Immediately upon publication  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  25 September 2015 
Agency or authority designated to handle  comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: