. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PER/238 
17 February 2009 
 (09-0800) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria , SENASA (National Agrarian 
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):  Poultry and poultry products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or All countries which export poultry and poultry products 
to Peru  
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Norma para el Comercio y Movilización 
Intrasubregional y con Terceros Países de Aves y sus Productos (Draft Standard on trade in 
and transport of poultry and poultry products at intra-subregional level and with third 
countries) Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  33 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Standard updates the animal health 
requirements laid down by Resolutions Nos. 347 and 449 of the Council of the Cartagena Agreement governing trade in and transport of poultry and poultry products at 
intra-subregional level and with third countri es in order to take into consideration the 
changes in health status of the various c ountries with which Peru trades in poultry and 
poultry products. 
The draft also lays down the harmonized hea lth requirements governing the importation 
and transport of the poultry and poultry pr oducts falling under the tariff item numbers 
specified in the Standard amongst Member countries of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) and with third countries, with a vi ew to minimizing the risk of the spread of 
disease and to preventing health measures from becoming disguised barriers to or 
unjustified restrictions on trade, in accordance with the health status of exporting and importing countries. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/PER/238 
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  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)  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No If no, describe, whenever possible, how a nd why it deviates from the international 
standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft 
Standard on trade in and transport of poultry an d poultry products at intra-subregional level 
and with third countries (33 pages, in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  The Standard will enter into force on the date of its publication by the 
Andean Community. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  26 February 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA) 
Dirección General de Sanidad Animal Av.  La Molina 1915, La Molina 
Lima 12, Perú 
Fax: +(511) 340-1486 E-mail: ghalze@senasa.gob.pe
 
Website: www.senasa.gob.pe  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: