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G/SPS/N/CRI/116 
1 February 2012 
 (12-0637) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  COSTA RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Servicio Fitosanitario del 
Estado, SFE (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, State Phytosanitary 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 flowers, plant propagation material, leafy vegetables 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners [X] Specific regions or countries:  Ecuador  
5. Title of the notified document:  Análisis de Riesgo de Thrips palmi.  ARP por plaga (Risk 
analysis of Thrips palmi .  Pest risk analysis (PRA) by pest) Language(s):  Spanish 
Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  Application of technically based phytosanitary measures.  
Temporary suspension of the importation of fresh cut flowers and amendments to the 
import requirements for host propagative material and vegetable hosts likely to maintain the 
pathway.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [X] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Change in the 
phytosanitary status of Ecuador following the detection in fresh cut flowers of Thrips 
palmi , a pest posing a high phytosanitary risk (given that it is highly polyphagous, of 
particular economic importance and extremel y difficult to control).  Notification of 
non-compliance DFC-127-2012.  G/SPS/N/CRI/116 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standa rd?  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)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
- Notificación de incumplimiento del S ervicio Fitosanitario del Estado 
Nº DCF-127-2012  (State Phytosanitary Service, Notification of non-compliance 
No. DCF-127-2012); 
- Análisis de Riesgo de Thrips palmi.  ARP por plaga (actualizado a enero 2012)  
(Risk analysis of Thrips palmi .  Pest risk analysis (PRA) by pest (updated to 
January 2012)) 
 (available in Spanish). 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  Immediately 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. 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:  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado Centro de Información y Notificación MSF 
Apartado Postal 10094-1000 
San José, Costa Rica Tel.: +(506) 2549-3454 Fax: +(506) 2549-3599 E-mail: puntocontactoMSF@sfe.go.cr