. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PRY/8 
8 February 2006 
 
 (06-0550) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Timber sleepers 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución del SENAVE 
N° 21, de octubre de 2005 "Por la cual se dispon e que la solicitud de Autorización Previa de 
Importación (APIM) de productos afectados a la  resolución N° 49/01, tenga el carácter de 
declaración jurada, y por la que se dispone la  obligatoriedad de presentación de la factura 
proforma, como requisito previo a la obtención de la APIM"  (Resolution No. 21 of 
October 2005 of the National Plant and Seed  Quality and Health Service (SENAVE) 
"Providing that applications for prior import au thorization for products subject to Resolution 
No. 49/01 must take the form of a sworn statement, and providi ng for the mandatory 
submission of a pro forma invoice  as a prerequisite for obtaini ng prior import authorization") 
(2 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   A number of measures are re quired to be adopted to improve 
import control of phytosanitary products: im port applications for phytosanitary products, 
fertilizers, soil amendments a nd similar products for agricultural use must now take the form 
of a sworn statement and a pro forma invoice has become a prerequisite for obtaining prior 
import authorization. 
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/8 
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  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). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   3 October 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   3 October 2005 
12. Final date for comments:  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point or address, 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) 
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:  sri_senave@telesurf.com.py