. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/SEN/5 
26 March 2010 
 (10-1653) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  SENEGAL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Direction de la Protection des Végétaux au Ministère de 
l'Agriculture  (Plant Protection Department of the Ministry of Agriculture) 
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):  Wood packaging material 
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:  Projet de règlement technique sur la circulation des 
matériaux et emballages en bois entrant ou sortant du Sénégal (Draft Technical Regulation 
on the movement of wood packaging mate rial entering or leaving Senegal) 
Language:  French Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  Phytosanitary conformity of wood packaging material, such as 
wooden pallets, entering or leaving Senegal ( see International Standards for Phytosanitary 
Measures (ISPM) No. 15 of the Internationa l Plant Protection Convention, IPPC). 
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. 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)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPM No. 15:  
Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade  
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [X] Yes [ ] No  G/SPS/N/SEN/5 
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 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 
French 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  10 February 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  12 February 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  15 August 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  28 March 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Direction du Commerce Extérieur  
Ministère du Commerce 
64, Cité SAGEF Ouest Foire Yoff B.P. 4057, Dakar, Sénégal Tel.: +(221) 33 820 44 94 Fax: +(221) 33 820 44 95  
Point national d'information sur les SPS 
Direction de la Protection des Végétaux Ministère de l'Agriculture BP 20054, Thiaroye, Dakar, Sénégal Fax: +(221) 338 342 854 
E-mail: dpv1@orange.sn 
 almhanne@yahoo.fr 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Direction du Commerce Extérieur  
Ministère du Commerce 64, Cité SAGEF Ouest Foire Yoff B.P. 4057, Dakar, Sénégal 
Tel.: +(221) 33 820 44 94 
Fax:  +(221) 33 820 44 95  Point national d'information sur les SPS Direction de la Protection des Végétaux Ministère de l'Agriculture 
BP 20054, Thiaroye, Dakar, Sénégal 
Fax: +(221) 338 342 854 E-mail: dpv1@orange.sn  almhanne@yahoo.fr