. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/GTM/37  
15 February 2006 
 (06-0639) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  GUATEMALA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación  (Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock 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):  Meat and bone meal and their mixtur es, of ruminant origin (0506.10.00 and 
0506.90.00), (2301.10.00 and 2301.20.90)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Trading partners of Guatemala  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Acuerdo Ministerial No. 
726-2005 de fecha 29/11/2005, di sposiciones para la elaboración,  distribución, utilización, 
importación, comercialización de harinas de carne, huesos o sus mezclas de origen 
rumiante, para la alimentación de rumiantes  (Ministerial Order No. 726-2005 of 
29/11/2005, provisions regarding the prepara tion, distribution, use, importation and 
marketing of meat and bone meal or their mixtures, of ruminant origin, as feedstuff for 
ruminants).  (3 pages, in Spanish.)  
6. Description of content:  Provisions prohibiting the preparation, distribution, use, 
importation and marketing, on the national terr itory, of meat and bone meal or their 
mixtures of ruminant origin, so as to guard  against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
(BSE), a disease that affects human and animal health.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action: Emergency measure to 
prevent the entry of  Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (B SE), which is a disease exotic to 
Guatemala and lethal to susceptible animals.  No  effective treatment exists to date, and it is 
a zoonotic disease causing Variant Kreutzfeld-Jakob disease in humans.  
9. 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:  Generally speaking, the Order does not differ 
from the OIE guidelines. G/SPS/N/GTM/37 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministerial Order 
No. 726-2005 of 29/11/2005 (available in Spanish).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as appropriate):  60 days after publication 
in the Diario de Centroamérica , issued on 28 December 2005  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Alimentación  
Unidad de Políticas e Información Estratégica – Área de Información 
5ª. Avenida 8-06, zona 9, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, C.A. Tel:  (502) 2361-7786, 2334-1048 Fax:  (502) 2361-7783 E-mail:  informacion.upie@maga.gob.gt
 
Enquiry point : 
Responsible Officers : 
Ing. Agr. Gustavo Adolfo Hernández Arreaga E-mail:  ghernandez@maga.gob.gt
 
Leonel Estuardo Donis Loaiza E-mail:  edonis@maga.gob.gt
 
 
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Alimentación Unidad de Normas y Regulaci ones – Área Fitozoosanitaria 
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a. Avenida 12-90, zona 13, Anexo Edificio Monja Blanca, Ciudad de Guatemala, 
Guatemala, C.A. 
Fax:  (502) 2475-3058, (502) 2475-3068 
E-mail:  jose.grajeda@maga.gob.g t;  jmgrajeda@gmail.com  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Alimentación 
Unidad de Políticas e Información Estratégica – Área de Información 5ª. Avenida 8-06 zona 9, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, C.A. Tel.:  (502) 2361-7786, 2334-1048 
Fax:  (502) 2361-7783 
E-mail:  informacion.upie@maga.gob.gt
 
Enquiry point : 
Responsible Officers : 
Ing. Agr. Gustavo Adolfo Hernández Arreaga 
E-mail:  ghernandez@maga.gob.gt  
Leonel Estuardo Donis Loaiza E-mail:   edonis@maga.gob.gt