G/SPS/N/PER/975  
9 May 2022 
(22-3615) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : PERU 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria, SENASA (National Agrarian 
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) : Annatto ( Bixa orellana ) seed  
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 : Proyecto de Resolución Directoral para el 
establecimiento de requisitos fitosanitarios de necesario cumplimiento en la importación de 
grano de achiote (Bixa orellana) de origen y procedencia Nicaragua  (Draft Directorial 
Resolution establishing mandatory phytosanitary requirements for the importation of 
annatto ( Bixa orellana ) seed originating in and coming from Nicaragua) Language(s) : 
Spanish Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/PER/22_3238_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The draft phytosanitar y requirements governing the importation 
into Peru of annatto ( Bixa orellana ) seed originating in and coming from Nicaragua are 
being submitted for public consultation, following the completion of the relevant pest risk 
analysis.  
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. 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 Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : ISPM Nos. 1, 2, 
11, 20 and 21  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the G/SPS/N/PER/975  
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  international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal, El Peruano  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 July 2 022 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Text available from:  
Mr Julio Miguel Vivas Baccallan  
Director(e) de Cuarentena Vegetal  (Director of Plant Quarantine), SENASA  
Av. La Molina Nº 1915, Lima 12, Lima, Peru  
Tel.: (+511) 313 3300, Ext. 6142  
Email:  jvivas@senasa.gob.pe  
notificacionesmsf@senasa.gob.pe