G/SPS/N/C RI/184  
9 February  2017 
(17-0791) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member : COSTA RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Servicio Nacional de Salud 
Animal, SENASA (Ministry of Agriculture and Live stock, National Animal 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) : HS code 02.07 - Meat and edible offal, of t he poultry of heading 
01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners, or  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Defined area in Chile : Las Palmas, Marga Marga, 
Valparaíso  
5. Title of the notified document : Resolución N° SENASA -DG-R002-2017 (Resolution 
No. SENASA -DG-R002-2017) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CRI/17_0707_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The Director -General of the National Animal Health Service of 
the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has decided the following:  
1. To order the temporary s uspension of importation into Costa Rica from Chile  of edible 
chilled and frozen chicken and turkey products from slaughterhouses, processing 
plants and cold -storage plants, which were produced 21 days prior to the beginning of 
the outbreak of notifiable a vian influenza reported by the Agriculture and Livestock 
Service (SAG).  
2. SENASA will resume trade in the aforementioned goods three months after the 
application of the measures established in Article 10.4.3, subparagraph 2, of the OIE 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code.  
3. To order the Animal Quarantine Directorate to remain vigilant for new reports of 
notifiable avian influenza, and to take relevant action.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect hum ans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CRI/184  
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action : The Chilean 
Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) informed the World Organisation for Animal Hea lth 
(OIE) of the presence of low pathogenic avian influenza (serotype H7) in a defined region 
in the country.  
Costa Rica is free from this strain of avian influenza . It is of critical importance to protect 
the country and its poultry farming industry, and therefore a temporary prohibition has 
been introduced immediately for products and by -products of avian origin produced 
21 calendar days before 6 January 2 017, the date of the first report of the outbreak in 
Chile.  
9. Is there a relevant international sta ndard ? 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. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Article 10.4.3, subparagraph 2, of the 
OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM 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:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable) : 
Immediately  
[ ] Trade facilita ting measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle 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 Notificati on 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