G/SPS/N/CRI/152
10 November 2014
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: COSTA RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Servicio Fitosanitario del 
Estado , SFE (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, State Phytosanitary Service) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): HS code 0701: Potatoes, fresh or chilled 
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: Resolución N° DSFE-12-2014. Permitir el ingreso de 
papa, en tanto cumpla con las diversas medidas de mitigación de riesgo establecidas en el Protocolo N° 001/2014/ARP para la importación, internamiento y proceso que el Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado ha establecido para tales envíos  (Resolution DSFE-12-2014 
authorizing the entry of potatoes subject to compliance with the various risk mitigation 
measures relating to the importation, entry and processing of these products established by the State Phytosanitary Service in Protocol No. 001/2014/ARP) Language(s): Spanish 
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6. Description of content: The notified text authorizes the entry of potatoes subject to 
compliance with the various risk mitigation measures established in Resolution No. DSFE-
12-2014, which sets forth the requirements to be met by the certification of the national plant protection organization (NPPO) of the exporting country. 
Protocol No. 001/2014/ARP issued by the Phytosan itary Risk Analysis Unit must be applied 
from the moment the product arrives at the point of entry until it reaches the place where it is to undergo processing. 
The product must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate stating that it is free from 
potato purple-top wilt phytoplasma. 
Plants must be sprayed with maleic hydrazid e (1,2-dihydropyridazine-3-6-dione; MH) near 
the end of the growing season, but before senescence (NAPPO, 2013). 
Shipments will be subject to phytosanitary control at the point of entry into Costa Rica by 
officials of the State Phytosanitary Service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, who will verify compliance with the requirements and decide whether or not to authorize 
importation, on the basis of the accompanying documents.  G/SPS/N/CRI/152 
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  7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest 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 number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  Article VI of 
the International Plant Protection Convention; ISPM No. 20: Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system; ISPM No. 11: Pest risk analysis for 
quarantine pests, 2013 
[ ] 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: Potato 
purple-top wilt phytoplasma. EPPO quarantine pest. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 28 October 2014 
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) : Immediately. 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : As this is a trade facilitation measure, there is no 
comment period. 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number 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: 
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado (SFE) Centro de Información y Notificación MSF Apartado Postal 1521 - 1200 
San José, Costa Rica 
Tel.: (+506) 2549 3454 Fax: (+506) 2549 3598 
Email: puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr