G/SPS/N/ARG/222  
17 January  2019 
(19-0260) 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) : Milk substitutes for p ets 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Nicaragua  
5. Title of the notified document : Certificado Sanitario para la exportación de sustitutos 
lácteos de animales de compañía  (Export health certificate for milk substitutes for pets) . 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/ARG/18_0288_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : An export health certificate for milk substitutes for pets has 
been agreed between Argentina's National Agriculture and Food Quality and Health 
Service (SENASA ) and Nicaragua's Institute for Agricultural and Livestock Protection and 
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 standard ? 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. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Terrestrial Animal Health Code - 
Volume II : Recommendations applicable to OIE Listed diseases and other 
diseases of importance to international trade:  
 Section 8 : Multiple Species  
Chapters 8.8, 8.9,  8.15, 8.16  
 Section 11 : Bovidae  
Chapters 11.4, 11.5, 11.9  
 Section 14 : Caprinae  
Chapters 14.7, 14.8, 14.9  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/ARG/222  
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  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) : 7 January 2 019 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 7 January 2 019 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 7 January 2 019 
[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 : [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Punto Focal SPS Argentina  (SPS Focal Point of Argentina)  
Azopardo 1025, Piso 11 Of. 7 - CP: C1107ADQ  
Ciudad de Buenos Aires - Argentina  
Tel.: (+54 11) 4363 6289  
Email : sps-argentina@magyp.gob.ar  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] 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)  
Coord inación de Relaciones Internacionales , CRI (Coordinating Office for International 
Relations)  
Av. P. C olón 367 - 9º p. CABA - 1063 
Tel.: (+54 11) 4121 5353  
Fax: (+54 11) 4121 5360  
Email : relint@senasa.gob.ar  
Website: https://www.argentina.gob.ar/senasa