WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BOL/18 
1 May 2006 
 (06-2048) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BOLIVIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria , 
SENASAG (National Service for Agri cultural Health and Food Safety) 
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):  Castor bean ( Ricinus communis L. ) seeds  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
 Paraguay 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Resolución 
Administrativa  (Administrative Resolution)  (3 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:    
ARTICLE ONE - (Purpose) Phytosanitary requi rements are hereby established for all 
imports of castor bean ( Ricinus communis L. ) seeds from the Republic of Paraguay. 
ARTICLE TWO - (General Requirements) Th e following general phytosanitary import 
requirements, which are bindi ng upon user(s) and interested  party(ies), are hereby 
established: 
1. All imports must be duly regi stered with the National Serv ice for Agricultural Health 
and Food Safety (SENASAG). 
2. Consignments are required to have a phy tosanitary import permit issued by 
SENASAG prior to certificati on and shipment by Paraguay. 
3. Shipments must be accompanied by the (o riginal) phytosanitary export certificate 
issued by SENAVE-Paraguay. 
4. Imported consignments of seeds must enter the country in new and unused 
containers and using means of transport which are clean, disinfected and organized 
in such a way as to enable phytosanitary inspection. 
5. Bulk consignments of castor bean seeds mu st be shipped in means of transport which 
are clean and disinfected, irrespective of the type used. 
6. Shipments must be free from foreign ma terial (soil and remn ant vegetation) upon 
entry. G/SPS/N/BOL/18 
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   7. All consignments are subject to inspection and sampling at the point of entry by the 
inspector authorized by SENASAG-Bolivia.  In the event of the detection of pests 
liable to jeopardize the phytosanitary st atus of agricultural production, SENASAG 
shall adopt phytosanitary me asures in accordance with  the existing regulations. 
ARTICLE THREE - (Specific Requirements) The additional declaration on the 
phytosanitary export certificate shall state that the goods are free from: 
• Botrytis ricini N.F. Buche; 
• Botryotinia ricini G.H. Godfrey Whetzel or Sclerotinia ricini 
G.H. Godfrey; 
• Alternaria ricini.  
Furthermore, shipments of castor bean ( Ricinus communis L. ) seeds must be fumigated with 
phosphine at normal atmospheric pr essure and at a controlled te mperature;  the application 
dosage and exposure time are in re lation to the temperat ure at which the treatment is applied, 
as per the following table: 
TREATMENT 
Temperature Dosage  
(g/m3) Exposure time  / hrs 
+25°C 3.0 48 
16-25°C 3.0 72 
10-15°C 3.0 96 
Source:  Guía de Productos Fitosanitarios  (Guide to phytosanitary products), Cámara de Sanidad 
Agropecuaria y Fertilizantes , CASAFE (Chamber of Agricultural Health and Fertilizers), Volume II 
(2003).  
1tb (3g) = 1g of phosphine  
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:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Resolución 
Administrativa del Servicio Nacional de Sani dad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaría 
(SENASAG) (National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASAG) 
Administrative Resolution) April 2006 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   5 June 2006 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   60 days  G/SPS/N/BOL/18 
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  12. Final date for comments:   30 May 2006 
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:  
Unidad Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuar ia e Inocuidad Alimentaria (SENASAG) 
Av. José Natusch N° 221 
Trinidad  Departamento del Beni República de Bolivia Tel.: (591) 3-462-8106 / 462-8107 Fax: (591) 3-465-2096 / 465-2136 
E-mail: dduran@senasag.gov.bo
 and asalas@senasag.gov.bo  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Dr. Marcelo Lara Godoy , Coordinador General 
Área de Coordinación Interinstitucional - SENASAG 
Callo Jorge Saenz, entre Honduras y Haiti 
La Paz, Bolivia Tel.: (591) 2-222-9979 or (591) 2-222-9935 Fax: (591) 2-222-0616 E-mail: mlara@senasag.gov.bo 
Web site: www.senasag.gov.bo