G/SPS/N/ARG/215  
7 June 2018 
(18-3478) 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 numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Chickpea ( Cicer arietin um) seeds for propagation.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Israel 
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de semillas 
de garbanzo (Cicer arietinum) con destino propagación, provenientes de Israel, hacia la 
República Argentina  (Phytosanitary requirements for the importation into the Argentine 
Republic of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) seeds for propagat ion from Israel) Language(s) : 
Spanish Number of pages:   
6. Description of content : Phytosanitary requirements for the importation into the 
Argentine Republic of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) seeds for propagation from Israel.  
The national plant protection organization (NPPO) of the exporting country is to issue a 
phytosanitary certificate containing the following additional declaration:  
-    The consignment has been inspected and is free from Bruchidius quinqueguttatus , 
Callosobruchus chinensis , Callosobruc hus maculatus , Callosobruchus phaseoli , Trogoderma 
granarium and Trogoderma versicolor ; 
-      The results of official laboratory analysis No. (......) show the consignment to be free 
from Peronospora ciceris ; 
-     The consignment comes from a crop that w as officially inspected during the growth 
period and is free from... or the results of official laboratory analysis No. (......) show the 
consignment to be free from Lathyrus aphaca , Orobanche crenata , Orobanche ramosa , 
Orobanche aegyptiaca , Orobanche cern ua, Pea Seed -borne Mosaic Virus (PSbMV) and 
Ditylenchus dipsaci . 
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.  G/SPS/N/ARG/215  
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  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) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No. ) International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos 2 and 11  
[ ] 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) : 9 May 2 018 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : After adoption.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 9 May 2 018 
[X] 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 handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agroindustria  (Ministry of Agro -Industry)  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Agroindustriales Internacionales (Under -Secretariat for 
International Agro -Industrial Relations)  
Azopardo 1025, Piso 12, Oficina 5 (CP 1063)  
Buenos Aires, Argentina  
Tel.: (+54 11) 4363 6208  
Fax: (+54 11) 4363 6329  
Email:  sps-argentina@magyp.gob.ar  
 maxmor@magyp.gob.ar  
13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria , SENASA (National Agriculture and 
Food Quality and Health Service)  
Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales e Institucionales  (Coordinating Office for 
International and Institutional Relations)  
Av. P. C olón 367 - 5º p. CABA - 1063 
Tel.: (+54 11) 4121 5353  
Fax: (+54 11) 4121 5360  
Email:  relint@senasa.gov.ar  
 cuareveg@senasa.gov.ar  
Website: http://www.senasa.gov.ar/