G/SPS/N/ARG/194  
 
6 September  2016 
(16-4718) 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 He alth 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):  Potato p ropagation material  
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:  Plagas No Cuarentenarias Reglamentadas para Papa 
Semilla (Regulated non -quarantine pests affecting  seed potat oes) Language(s):    
Number of pages:  
6. Description of content:  Declaration of  the pests that make up the  pest complex  
affecting  seed potatoes  - potato leafroll virus (PLRV), potato v irus Y (PVY), potato virus 
X (PVX), Ralstonia solanacearum , Meloidogyne  spp. and Nacobbus aberrans  - as 
regulated non -quarantine pests (RNQPs) . These pests  with RNQP  status are subject to 
official  control .  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [ X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/pl ant 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 Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 16 
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/ARG/1 94 
  
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 7 July 2016  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 6 July 2016  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : After adoption  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 November  2016 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fa x number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s)  available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Ca lidad Agroalimentaria , SENASA  
Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales e Institucionales  
Av. Paseo Colón 367, 5° Piso, CABA - 1063 
Buenos Aires  
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