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G/SPS/N/ARG/148 
15 July 2011 
 (11-3545) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Phytosanitary products 
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:  Requisitos para la inscripción de orígenes adicionales, 
principios activos, y/o una planta formulador a para un producto formulado con varios 
principios activos y/o más de una plant a formuladora.  Proyecto de Resolución 
complementaria a la Resolución SAGPyA Nº 350/99  (Requirements governing the 
registration of additional places of origin, ac tive ingredients and/or manufacturing plants 
for formulated products containing several activ e ingredients and/or produced by more than 
one manufacturing plant.  Draft Resolution co mplementary to Secretariat of Agriculture, 
Livestock, Fisheries and Food (SAGPyA) Resolution No. 350/99)  Language(s):  Spanish 
Number of pages:  15 
Text available online at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/ARG/11_2213_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Approval of the requirements and pr ocedures applicable to natural 
or legal persons who own a registered product (a  technical material, TC, and/or a technical 
concentrate, TK) for which they wish to regist er additional places of origin in the National 
Plant Therapeutics Register or incorporate an  active ingredient place of origin and/or a 
manufacturing plant, or who wish to register  a new formulated product with several places 
of origin for a specific active ingredient and/or several manufacturing plants. 
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.  G/SPS/N/ARG/148 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] 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 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in 
Spanish 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  After the close of the comment period 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  After adoption 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Immediately upon publication 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  13 September 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) 
Unidad de Relaciones Internacionales e Institucionales 
Tel.: +(54 11) 4121-5353 Fax: +(54 11) 4121-5360 E-mail: relint@senasa.gov.ar Website: http://www.senasa.gov.ar/