. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARG/92 
17 August 2006 
 (06-3923) 
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 
(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):  Fresh Physalis peruviana  (cape gooseberry or ground-cherry) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
 Colombia 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Requisitos fitosanitarios 
establecidos por Argentina para el  ingreso de fruta fresca de Physalis peruviana originaria 
de Colombia (Phytosanitary requireme nts established by Argentina for the entry of Physalis 
peruviana  from Colombia) (available in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The phytosanitary certificate must include an additional 
declaration stating the following: 
1. The consignment is free from Heliothis subflexus , and 
2. Laboratory analyses show the consignment to be free from Thrips palmi . 
 Consignments which enter Argentina bound for the regions of Cuyo and Patagonia 
are required to comply with National Agricu lture and Food Quality and Health Service 
(SENASA) Resolutions Nos. 515 and 601, of 16 November and 28 December 2001 respectively, on quarantine protection against fruit flies. 
 
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. International standard, gu ideline 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:    
 International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 11:  Pest Risk 
Analysis for Quarantine Pests Including A nalysis of Environmental Risks and Living 
Modified Organisms .  
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Available in Spanish. G/SPS/N/ARG/92 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:   After the close of the comment period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Immediately upon adoption. 
12. Final date for comments:   60 days 
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:  
 Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) 
 Av. Paseo Colón 367 (C1063 ACW)  
 Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales e Institucionales  Tel.: (5411) 4121-5000/4121-5353  Fax: (5411) 4121-5360  E-mail: relint@senasa.gov.ar
 
 Web site: http://www.senasa.gov.ar