. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PRY/21 
21 July 2008 
 (08-3505)  
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PARAGUAY
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas , 
SENAVE (National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service) 
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):  Agricultural pesticides, class Ia and Ib (red band) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
 Paraguay's trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Resolución N° 388 del 
15 de julio de 2008 "Por el cual se aprue ba el reglamento del artículo 6 del Decreto 
N° 2048/04, en lo referente a la venta control ada de los plaguicidas clase Ia y Ib de franja 
roja"  (Resolution No. 388 of 15 July 2008 "approving the rules under Article 6 of Decree 
No. 2048/04, in respect of the controlled sale of 'red band' class Ia and Ib pesticides) (in 
Spanish, 8 pages) 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/sps/PRY/08_2162_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified text provides that distributors and traders are to sell the 
product in question only upon the presentation of  an agronomic prescription issued by a 
SENAVE-registered agronomist; that professional agronomists are to issue such prescriptions;  that producers are responsible fo r requesting an agronomic prescription;  and 
that the implementing authority is to supervise compliance therewith. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ]  food safety,  [  ] animal health,  [  ] plant protection, [ X ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] 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:    G/SPS/N/PRY/21 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolución N° 388 del 
15 de julio de 2008 "Por el  cual se aprueba el reglamento del artículo 6 del Decreto 
N° 2048/04, en lo referente a la venta control ada de los plaguicidas clase Ia y Ib de franja 
roja"  (Resolution No. 388 of 15 July 2008 "approving the rules under Article 6 of Decree 
No. 2048/04, in respect of the controlled sale of 'red band' class Ia and Ib pesticides) (in 
Spanish, 8 pages) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  15 July 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 November 2008 
12. Final date for comments:   
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] 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 Calidad y Sani dad Vegetal y de Semillas (SENAVE) 
Secretaría de Relaciones Internacionales Humanita 145 entre Independencia Naci onal y Nuestra Señora de la Asunción 
Asunción, Paraguay Tel.:  +(595) 21 441 549/21 445 769 
E-mail:  relaciones_internacionales@senave.gov.py 
              www.senave.gov.py/resoluciones.php