G/SPS/N/PER/7 22 
 
12 September 2017  
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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:  Servic io Nacional de Sanidad Agraria , SENASA  (National Agrarian 
Health Service)  
3. Products covered (provide ta riff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  HS tariff subheading s 0602.20.00.00: Blueberry  plants ; 
and 0602.90.90.00: In vitro  blueberry  plants  
4. Regions or  countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Argentina  
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución Directoral para la actualización 
de requisitos fitosa nitarios de necesario cumplimiento en la importación de plantas y 
plantas in vitro de arándano ( Vaccinium  spp.) origen y procedencia Argentina  (Draft 
Directorial Resolution updating the mandatory phytosanitary requirements governing the 
importation into Pe ru of blueberry  (Vaccinium  spp.) plants an d in vitro  blueberry plants  
originating in and coming from Argentina ) Language(s):  Spanish  Number of pages:  2  
The text is available in Spanish from the SENASA website at : 
http://www.senasa.gob.pe/senasa/consulta -publica/   
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/PER/17_3996_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Directorial Resolution sets out the updated 
phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Peru of blueberry  (Vaccinium  
spp.) plants and  in vitro  blueberry plants  originating in and coming from Argentina , 
following the completion of the relevant pest risk analysis .  
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 Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic  
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : 
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1, 2, 11, 20 
and 21 
[ ] None   G/SPS/N/PER/ 722 
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant inte rnational 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) : To be  determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal El Peruano  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 10 November  2017 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax  number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s)  available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Text available from:  
Vilma Gutarra  García  
Directora  (e) de la Subdirección de Cuarentena Vegetal , SENASA  
Av. La Molina Nº 1915, Lima 12, Lima, Perú  
Tel.: (+511) 313 -3300, Ext. 2001  
E-mail: vgutarra@senasa.gob.pe