. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PRY/14 
16 January 2007 
 
 (07-0196) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
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  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 All trading partners of Paraguay  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución del SENAVE 
N° 446, del 29 de diciembre de 2006 "Por la c ual se aprueba y ordena la puesta en vigencia 
del Reglamento para el control de pl aguicidas de uso agrícola del SENAVE"  (Resolution 
No. 446 of 29 December 2006 of the National Pl ant and Seed Quality and Health Service 
(SENAVE) approving and ordering the entry in to force of the SENA VE Regulation on the 
control of agricultural pesticides).  
6. Description of content:  In line with the implementation of the regional standards for 
phytosanitary products of the Southe rn Cone Plant Health Committee ( Comité de Sanidad 
Vegetal del Cono Sur , COSAVE), the notified Resolution establishes the new Regulation on 
the control of agricultural pesticides in order to ensure pesticide quality and efficiency and 
thereby contribute to sustainable agricultural production from the point of view of protection 
of human health and the environment.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] 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: 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  National Plant and 
Seed Quality and Health Service (SENAV E) Resolution (available in Spanish).  G/SPS/N/PRY/14 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  29 December 2006 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  2 January 2007  
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 Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas (SENAVE) 
Dirección de Agroquímico s / Secretaría de Rela ciones 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:  agroquimicos@senave.gov.py  / infosenave@telesurf.com.py