G/SPS/N/PRY/24  
 
18 February 2013  
(13-0865)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Notifying Member: PARAGUAY 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas , 
SENAVE (National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Citrus fruit 
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: Resolución Nº 80/13 "Por la cual se declara 
emergencia fitosanitaria por la presencia de la plaga denominada Huanglonbing de los cítricos (HLB), en todo el territorio nacional" con Anexos: Plan Nacional de Contención 
del Huanglongbing de los cítricos y el Manual de Procedimientos de Emergencia 
Fitosanitaria ante la detección del Huanglongbing de los cítricos  (Resolution No. 80/13 
"Declaring a phytosanitary emergency throughout national territory on the basis of the 
presence of citrus greening disease (Huanglongbing, HLB)" and the Annexes thereto: 
National citrus greening disease containment plan and Handbook of phytosanitary emergency procedures in the event of th e detection of citrus greening disease) 
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 45 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/PRY/13_0739_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: Adoption of phytosanitary emergency measures with a view 
to preventing the establishment and spread  of citrus greening disease throughout 
national territory. 
These measures include the following: Removal and destruction of infected plants; 
Intensive monitoring in the control zones surrounding the foci of infection; Restrictions on the movement of citrus propagation material; Ban on the production and 
marketing of plants of the species Murraya paniculata  (Orange jessamine) and on their 
movement between HLB-infected areas and disease-free areas; Control of the vector Diaphorina citri  (Asian citrus psyllid); Declaration of and large-scale awareness-raising 
campaign relating to the emergency; and Implementation of citrus seedling 
certification programmes. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/PRY/24 
 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action: Confirmation of 
the detection of the causal bacteria of Huanglongbing on the basis of 28 samples presenting characteristic symptoms of the disease (14 positive samples, from five 
departments in Paraguay, grouped into six outbreaks). Samples were collected mainly 
from backyards and farm roads. 
9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard: 
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organisation 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) Nos. 6 and 8 
[ ] 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:  
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
31 January 2013 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body: 
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas (SENAVE) 
Humaitá 145 e/Independencia Nacional y Ntra. Señora de la Asunción 
Edificio planeta, piso 15 Asunción - Paraguay Tel.: (+595) 21 498-872 
Fax: (+595) 21 458-070 
E-mail: hlb@senave.gov.py  
 ucii.dgp@mag.gov.py  
 notificacion.msf@mag.gov.py  
Website: http://www.senave.gov.py