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G/SPS/N/ARG/159 
25 September 2012 
 (12-5127) 
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):  Zoo elephants  
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:  Condiciones sanitarias para autorizar la importación a la 
República Argentina de elefantes destinados a zoológicos (Health requirements for the 
importation into Argentin a of zoo elephants).  Language(s): Spanish Number 
of pages:  19 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/sps/ARG/12_3807_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft National Agriculture and Food Quality and 
Health Service Resolution establishes the h ealth requirements for the importation into 
Argentina of zoo elephants.  The draft Resolu tion includes models of the application form 
for the importation into Argentina of zoo elephants (" Solicitud de importación de elefantes 
destinados a zoológicos ") (Annex I) and of the international veterinary certificate for the 
exportation to Argentina of zoo elephants (" Certificado veterinario internacional para 
amparar la exportación a la República Arge ntina de elefantes destinados a zoológicos ") 
(Annex II).  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  G/SPS/N/ARG/159 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] 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:  Available in 
Spanish. 
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 after 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) :  23 November 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] 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:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) 
Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales 
Tel.: (+54) 11 4121-5353 Fax: (+54) 11 4121-5360 E-mail: relint@senasa.gov.ar Website: http://www.senasa.gov.ar