G/SPS/N/ARG/216  
16 July 2018 
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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) : Fresh bananas ( Musa spp.) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Colombia  
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de fruto 
fresco de Musa spp. (Banana)  (Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation of 
fresh bananas ( Musa spp.)) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages:   
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes phytosanitary requirements for 
imports of fresh bananas on the basis of a pest risk analysis.  
The national plant protection organization (NPPO) of the exporting country is to issue a 
phytosanitary certificate containing the following additional  declaration:  
"The consignment has been inspected and is free from : Aspidiotus destructor , 
Pseudococcus elisae , Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi , Mycosphaerella fijiensis and 
Selenaspidus articulatus ". 
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal he alth, [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. ) International 
Standard s for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos 2 and 11  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No G/SPS/N/ARG/216  
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  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) : 15 June 2 018 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 15 June 2 018 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 15 June 2 018 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): Not applicable.  
Agency or authority desig nated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agroindustria  (Ministry of Agro -Industry)  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Agroindustriales Internacionales (Under -Secretariat for 
International Agro -Industrial Relations)  
Azopardo 1025, Piso 12, Oficina 5 (CP 1063)  
Buenos Aires, Argentina  
Tel.: (+54 11) 4363 6208  
Fax: (+54 11) 4363 6329  
Email:  sps-argentina@magyp.gob.ar  
 maxmor@magyp.gob.ar  
13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria , SENASA (National Agriculture and 
Food Quality and Health Service)  
Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales e Institucionales  (Coordinating Office for 
International and Institutional Relations)  
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