. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ESP/4 
3 July 2006 
 (06-3180) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SPAIN
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food  
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):  HS 1209 99 10 Conifer seeds ( Pinus  spp)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
those affected by Fusarium Circinatum  Nirenberg and O'Donnell.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Royal Decree 637/2006 
of 26 May establishing a national programme for the eradication and control of the fungus Fusarium Circinatum , Nirenberg and O'Donnell (in Spanish, 5 pages).  
6. Description of content:  Establishes an eradication programme and envisages a protocol 
for diagnosis of the organism in question, as well as surveys and preventive measures in 
forest stands and in zones housing primar y lumber processing and propagation material 
industries and nurseries.  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  Spain's plant health 
services have been screening for Fusarium Circinatum  Nirenberg and O'Donnell, mainly in 
forest propagation material in the north of th e Iberian peninsula and have detected it in a 
few cases in forest stands.  This organism is the cause of pine pitch canker and has a high dissemination capacity inter alia  via forest propagation material, particularly seeds.  As a 
consequence, a major economic undertaking is in  process in order to eradicate foci.  These 
safeguard measures are necessary in order to keep " Fusarium Circinatum -free" status.  
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization 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:        G/SPS/N/ESP/4 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Royal 
Decree 637/2006 of 26 May establishing the national programme for the eradication and control of the fungus Fusarium Circinatum  Nirenberg and O'Donnell (BOE (Official 
Journal) No. 137 of Friday, 9 June 2006, pages 22069-22072).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  10 June 2006  
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, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: