G/SPS/N/ARG/207  
18 December  2017 
(17-7025) 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) : Caladium bicolor  bulbs  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación  de bulbos 
de Caladium bicolor , destino propagación, origen Estados Unidos (Phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation of Caladium bicolor  bulbs for propagation purposes from 
the United States) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 1 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/ARG/17_5582_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : Update of phytosanitary requirements for the importation of 
Caladium bicolor  bulbs for propagation purposes from the United States of America.  
Phytosanitary certificate s must contain an additional declaration stating the following:  
"The material comes from the State of Florida.  
As per the results of an official labo ratory analysis, the consignment is free from : 
Aphelenchoides besseyi ; Dasheen mosaic virus ; Ditylenchus destructor ; Phymatotrichopsis 
omnívora ; Pratylenchus coffeae ; Pythium splendens  (Globisporangium splendens ); 
Pythium myriotylum ; Radopholus similis ; Rhizoctonia tuliparum ; Rotylenchulus reniformis ; 
Xanthomonas axonopodis  pv. Dieffenbachiae ; Pratylenchus fallax ; Rhodococcus fascians ; 
Otiorhynchus sulcatus ". 
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 2 and 
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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 deadline for submitting comments.  
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 ): Two months from t he date of publication.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 16 February 2 018 
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:  
Dirección Nacional de Relaciones Agroalimentarias Internacionales (National Directorate of 
Agri-food International Relations)  
Ministerio  de Agroindustria  (Ministry of Agro -Industry)  
Azopardo 1025, Piso 12, Oficina 5  
Buenos Aires, Argentina  
Tel.: +(5411) 4363 6208  
Fax: +(5411) 4363 6329  
Email:  sps-argentina@magyp.gob.ar  
 maxmor@magyp.gob.ar  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria, SENASA  
Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales  
Av. P. C olón 367 - 5º p. CABA - 1063 
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/