. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PRY/20 
21 July 2008 
 (08-3493) 
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):  Agricultural pesticides  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affect ed, to the extent relevant or practicable:
 
 Paraguay's trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución N° 355 del 
26 de junio de 2008 "Por el cual se modific a parcialmente disposiciones del Reglamento 
para el control de plaguicidas de uso agrícola, aprobado por Resolución N° 446/06"  
(Resolution No. 355 of 26 June 2008 "partially amending provisions of the Regulations on 
the Control of Agricultural Pesticides, approved by Resolution No. 446/06") (in Spanish, 
4 pages). 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/sps/PRY/08_2161_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified text amends provisi ons concerning the expiry of 
pesticide registration and dead lines for renewal applications. 
 It also provides clarification as to the so-called "confidential and secret 
information" relating to technical grade active substances and formulated products.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests        
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        G/SPS/N/PRY/20 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Resolución N° 355 
del 26 de junio de 2008 "Por el  cual se modifica parcialmente disposiciones del Reglamento 
para el control de plaguicidas de uso agrícola, aprobado por Resolución N° 446/06" 
(Resolution No. 355 of 26 June 2008 "partially amending provisions of the Regulations on 
the Control of Agricultural Pesticides, approved by Resolution No. 446/06") (in Spanish, 
4 pages).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  26 June 2008  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  26 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  www.senave.gov.py/resoluciones.php