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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARG/83 
16 November 2005 
 (05-5367) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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):  Domestic and wild birds, day-old ch icks, fertile hatching eggs, semen of 
domestic and wild birds, fresh meat of domestic  and wild birds, products of avian origin 
intended for use in animal feed or for agricu ltural or industrial use and any avian material 
which has not been subjected to treatment en suring the destruction of the avian influenza 
virus.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución 670/05 del 
SENASA, por la que se declara el estado de Alert a Sanitario en todo el territorio de la 
República Argentina  (Resolution No. 670/05 of the National Agriculture and Food Quality 
and Health Service, SENASA, declaring a stat e of health emergency throughout Argentina) 
(4 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  This Resolution aims to prevent avian influenza from entering and 
spreading in Argentina.  To this end, the National Directorate of Animal Health and the 
Agrifood Regulatory Agency are empowered to promulgate supplementary regulations relating to the state of health emergency and, where appropriate, to establish a temporary ban on the entry into Argentina, either as imports or goods in international transit between third 
countries, of all avian products capable of transmitting the avian influenza virus. 
  The National Directorate of Animal Health is also empowered to establish the quarantine measures to be adopted in each case in accordance with  the risk involved 
following an in-depth analysis of each individual import application. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests       
 
  
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 8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  There is no history of 
any outbreaks of avian influenza in the Argen tine avian population.  The recently reported 
outbreaks of the disease in different regions around the world call for emergency measures to be adopted in order to maintain this health status.  
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The full text of 
Resolution No. 670/05 is available in Spanish on the SENASA website: http://www.senasa.gov.ar/  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  25 October 2005  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:        
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
 Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) 
 Av. Paseo Colón 367 (C1063 ACW) 
 Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales e Institucionales 
 Tel.:  (+5411) 4331 6040 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44 / 45 / 46 / 47 or 4334 0398 
 Fax:  (+5411) 4334 4738 
 E-mail:  relint@senasa.gov.ar