G/SPS/N/ARG/169  
5 April 2013  
(13-1744)  Page: 1/2  
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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Live animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease. 
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: Vacunación Antiaftosa en la Zona Patagónica Norte A. 
Prohibición  (Ban on foot-and-mouth disease vaccination in the North Patagonia A area) 
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 28 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/ARG/13_1320_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: SENASA Resolution No. 82/13, published in the Official Journal 
of the Republic of Argentina of 4 March 2013, bans foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease 
vaccination in the North Patagonia A area. 
Annex I of SENASA Resolution No. 181 of 26 March 2010 amending Annex I 
of SENASA Resolution No. 385 of 21 May 2008, which establishes the jurisdictions in which 
the various current vaccination strategies are applied, is to be replaced. 
The use, possession and handling of the FMD vaccine are banned throughout the FMD-free 
without vaccination area. Where justified by exceptional circumstances, the use of the 
vaccine must be expressly authorized by SENASA. 
Articles 4 and 5 of SENASA Resolution No. 725 of  15 November 2005 are to be replaced by 
the wording below: 
 ARTICLE 4 - Live animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease from regions with 
foot-and-mouth disease vaccination shall be prohibited from entering the areas of South Patagonia, North Patagonia B and North Patagonia A. 
 ARTICLE 5 - The requirements and conditions governing the entry into the areas 
of South Patagonia, North Patagonia B and North Patagonia A of animals susceptible 
to foot-and-mouth disease and other diseases from countries or areas officially recognized by the World Organisation  for Animal Health (OIE) as free 
of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination, and the requirements governing 
movement within and between these area s, are established in Annexes III, IV, 
V and VI, which form an integral part of this Resolution.  G/SPS/N/ARG/169 
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  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 number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)        
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[ ] 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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:        
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable. 
[ ] 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:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) 
Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales 
Tel: (+54) 11 4121-5353 
Fax: (+54) 11 4121-5360 E-mail: relint@senasa.gov.ar  
Website: http://www.senasa.gov.ar  
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) 
Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales Tel: (+54) 11 4121-5353 
Fax: (+54) 11 4121-5360 
E-mail: relint@senasa.gov.ar  
Website: http://www.senasa.gov.ar