G/SPS/N/PER/623  
 
26 October 2015  
(15-5637)  Page: 1/2  
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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Multiple products  
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 establece cinco categorías de 
riesgo en función a la capacidad de vehiculizar agentes patógenos de enfermedades que representen riesgo para la salud pública y sanidad animal, a su nivel de procesamiento y 
uso (Directorial Resolution establishing five risk categories in accordance with capacity 
to transmit pathogens of diseases that pose a risk to human or animal health, degree of processing and use)  
Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages: 20 
6. Description of content: The notified  Directorial Resolution establishes five risk 
categories in accordance with a product's ca pacity to transmit pathogens of diseases 
that pose a risk to human or animal health.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] 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  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes  [ ] No  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/PER/623 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
The text is available in Spanish from the SENASA website at http://200.60.104.77/legal/consultaLeyes.html . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 2 September 2015  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  2 September 2015  
[ ] 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 e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
M.V. Eva Martínez Bermúdez 
Directora (e) Subdirección de Cuarentena Animal, SENASA Av. La Molina Nº 1915, Lima 12, Lima, Perú 
Tel.: (+511) 313-3300, Ext. 1901 
  (+511) 313-3324, Ext. 1901 E-mail: emartinez@senasa.gob.pe