G/SPS/N/PER/517  
10 March 2014  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: PERU 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria , SENASA (National Agrarian 
Health 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): Not applicable. 
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 Directoral Nº 0010-2014-MINAGRI-SENASA-
DSV (Directorial Resolution No. 0010-2014-MINAGRI-SENASA-DSV) Language(s): 
Spanish Number of pages: 2 
6. Description of content: The notified Resolution reports the presence of Burkholderia 
glumae  bacteria (bacterial blight) affecting rice cultivation in various departments of Peru 
(such as Tumbes, Piura, Amazonas, San Martín, Loreto, Junín, Huánuco, Arequipa and 
Madre de Dios). Consequently, this pest has been removed from the list of quarantine pests not found in Peru and integrated management guidelines for this disease have been adopted. 
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 No.)  
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/PER/517 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: The text 
can be downloaded (in Spanish) from the SENASA website at: 
http://www.senasa.gob.pe/RepositorioAPS /0/0/JER/SUB_DIR_N OR/RD%200010-2014-
MINAGRI-SENASA-DSV y gu%C3%ADa.pdf  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 21 February 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 21 February 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 21 February 2014 
[ ] 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 designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: 
Text available from: 
Gustavo Mostajo Ocola Director de Cuarentena Vegetal, SENASA 
Av. La Molina Nº 1915, Lima 12, Lima, Perú 
Tel.: (+511) 313-3300, Ext. 2001 
 (+511) 340-1486, Ext. 2001 
Email: gmostajo@senasa.gob.pe