. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PRY/18 
3 July 2008 
 (08-3202) 
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):  Peppers, tomatoes and wheat  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) States Parties 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución Nº 322/08 
"Por la cual se dispone la ac tualización en la Republica del Paraguay de las resoluciones 
actualizadas y aprobadas por el Grupo M ercado Común del MERCOSUR, referente a 
armonizaciones de requisitos fitosanitarios"  (Resolution No. 322/08 "Providing for 
Resolutions on the harmonization of phyto sanitary requirements updated and approved by 
the MERCOSUR Common Market Group (GMC) to be updated in the Republic of Paraguay") (3 pages, in Spanish). 
Text available at:  http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/sps/PRY/08_1972_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution  sets out the harmonized phytosanitary 
requirements used by the National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPOs) of MERCOSUR States Parties for regional trade in the various forms of pepper, tomato and wheat, organized 
by country of destination and origin.  
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. International standard, guideline 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: G/SPS/N/PRY/18 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  (cont'd) 
− MERCOSUR Common Market Group (GMC) Resolution No. 52/02, Standard 3.7: 
Requisitos Fitosanitarios Armonizados por Categoría de Riesgo para el Ingreso de 
Productos Vegetales  (Harmonized phytosanitary requirements by risk category for the 
entry of plant products), Second revision. October 2002; 
− Listado Regional de Plagas Cuarentenarias  (Regional list of quarantine pests).  
Comité de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur , COSAVE (Southern Cone Plant Health 
Committee), 2006.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  National Plant and 
Seed Quality and Health Serv ice (SENAVE) Resolution No. 322/08 (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  19 June 2008  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  19 June 2008  
12. Final date for comments: 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, 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 Web page: www.senave.gov.py/resoluciones.php