. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARG/78 
31 August 2005 
 (05-3798) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ARGENTINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria  (SENASA) 
- Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Animal (National Agriculture and Food Quality and 
Health Service (SENASA) - National Directorate of Animal Health)  
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):  Hatching eggs used in laboratory tes ting, for the production and testing of 
vaccines and for research and pharmaceutical purposes.  
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:  Condiciones sanitarias y 
modelo de certificado veterinario para la importación de huevos libres de gérmenes 
patógenos específicos (SPF) a la República Argentina (Sanitary Requirements and Model 
Veterinary Certificate for Imports of Specifi ed Pathogen Free (SPF) Eggs to Argentina).  
6. Description of content:  Imports of specified pathogen free (SPF) eggs must comply with 
the Normativa para la autorización de la importación a la Repú blica Argentina de animals 
vivos y/o su material reproductivo (Regulations on the Authorization of Imports to 
Argentina of Live Animals and/or their Reproductive Material  - Resolution No. 1354 of 
27 October 1994 of the former National Agricu lture and Food Quality and Health Service). 
 The commercial operator who, as a natural or  legal person, requests authorization to 
import specified pathogen free (SPF) eggs must be listed in the Registro de exportadores 
y/o importadores de mercancías de competencia del SENASA  (register of exporters and/or 
importers of goods within th e purview of SENASA) and submit for SENASA's approval the 
Modelo de solicitud de impor tación de material avícola (application to import poultry 
products).  The application to import poultry products must be approved by SENASA prior 
to the shipment of the specified pathogen free (SPF) eggs in their country of origin. Each 
consignment of specified pathogen free (SPF) eggs must arrive at the point of entry into Argentina accompanied by the original copy of the veterinary certificate. 
 Also described are the requirements to be met by the animals from which the eggs 
originate. 
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests        G/SPS/N/ARG/78 
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 8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Once adopted, the 
Resolution will be published in the Boletín Oficial  (Official Journal).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] 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: 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) 
Av. Paseo Colón 367 (C1063 ACW), Lima 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