. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PAN/44 
15 April 2005 
 (05-1571) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agricultural Development  
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):  Products using wood packing mate rial in international trade  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
   Trading partners of Panama  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution No. DAL-
006-ADM-05 Panama of 17 Januar y 2005 (13 pages, in Spanish) Regulating the Procedures 
for the Registration, Inspection and Approval by the National Plant Health Directorate of the 
Ministry of Agricultural Development of the Facilities and/or Companies Engaged in Providing the Treatments Approve d under International Standard s for Phytosanitary Measures 
(ISPM) No. 15, Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packing Material in International Trade.  
6. Description of content:  This Resolution regulates the pr ocedures for the registration, 
inspection and approval by the National Plan t Health Directorate of the Ministry of 
Agricultural Development of the facilities and/or companies engaged in providing the 
treatments approved under In ternational Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 
No. 15, Guidelines for regulating wood packing material in international trade.  
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   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organisation for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  International Standards for Phytosanitary 
Measures (ISPM) No. 15  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Available in Spanish 
from the Enquiry Points notified by Panama.  Official Gazette No. 25, 239 of 
Thursday 17 February 2005.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not indicated  G/SPS/N/PAN/44 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:  17 February 2005  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Texts available from the Enquiry Points notified by Panama. Enquiry Point / Competent authority 
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Animal 
Río Tapia, Tocumen, Panamá Tel./Fax:  (507) 220-7979 and (507) 220-0733 
Apartado postal 5390, Zona 5, Panamá 
 Authority designated to handle comments / Notification authority 
Dirección Nacional de Negociaciones Comerciales Internacionales 
Avenida Ricardo J. Alfaro, Edison Plaza, Piso N° 2 Apartado postal 378, Zona 3, Panamá Tel.:  (507) 360-0690 / 0600 / 0700, Ext. 2308-2355 Fax:  (507) 360-0691 E-mail:  smoreno@mici.gob.pa