G/SPS/N/CRI/192  
25 October  2017 
(17-5784) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
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 Livestock, 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 applica ble): HS tariff heading 0103 : Live swine  
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 : DIRECTRIZ SENASA -DG-D0001 -2017 (National Animal 
Health Service Directive SENASA -DG-D0001 -2017) Language(s) : Spanish Number of 
pages : 13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CRI/17_4733_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : Health measure to regulate the movements of live swine within 
national territory so that the points of origin and destination of each such movement are 
documen ted. The aim is to ensure the retrospective traceability of the animals and to 
establish the responsibilities of animal owners.  
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 standard ? 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. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  G/SPS/N/CRI/192  
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Three months after publication in Official 
Journal La Gaceta.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Published in Official Journal La Gaceta  No. 
160 of 2 4 August 2 017. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Three months after publication in Official Journal La Gaceta.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/o r (dd/ mm/yy) : 23 December 2 017 
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 Notification 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 1 521 - 1200 
San José, Costa Rica.  
Tel.: (+506) 2549 3454  
Fax: (+506) 2549 3598  
Email : puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr