. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/SLV/72 
31 May 2006 
 (06-2623) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EL SALVADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal,  Ministerio de 
Agricultura y Ganadería  (Directorate-General of Plant and Animal Health, Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock) 
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):  Plant  materials, fresh fruits, bulbs, rhizomes and flowers of host species of 
Thrips palmi (HS 06, 07 and 08)  
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:  Acuerdo Ejecutivo 
No. 121 en el Ramo de Agricultura y Ganad ería.  Medida de emergencia fitosanitaria. 
Adopción como medida de emerge ncia fitosanitaria la prohibición de la importación y el 
tránsito del material vegetativo, frutos frescos, bulbos, rizomas y flores de especies 
hospederas del insecto Thrips palmi   (Executive Decree No. 121 Concerning Agriculture 
and Livestock.  Emergency phytosanitary m easure.  Adoption of emergency phytosanitary 
measure prohibiting the import and transit of pl ant materials, fresh fruits, bulbs, rhizomes 
and flowers of host species of Thrips palmi) (In Spanish, 2 pages). 
6. Description of content:  Adoption of emergency phytosan itary measure prohibiting the 
import and transit of plant materials, fresh  fruits, bulbs, rhizomes and flowers of host 
species of Thrips palmi.  Goods and transport or iginating in areas that are free of this type 
of insect will undergo fumigation treatment.  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  The Thrips palmi insect 
is not present in El Salvador, yet according to a technical report by the Directorate-General of 
Plant and Animal Health, it has an extremely wi de range of hosts and its introduction into the 
country would pose a significant risk in that it could cause c onsiderable economic loss in 
domestic agricultural production, and the applic ation of phytosanitary measures by countries 
free of this pest could seriously limit the country's export capacity.   
 G/SPS/N/SLV/72 
Page 2  
 
  9. 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:   
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Diario Oficial 
(Official Journal) No. 84, Volume 371, of 8 May 2006 (In Spanish). 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Immediate entry into 
force.  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:   
Ministerio de Economía, 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales, 
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe, Plan Maestro San Salvador, El Salvador Tel.:      (503) 2231 5788  Fax:      (503) 2231 5789 Email:  ezelada@minec.gob.sv
 
 
or address, telephone and fax numbers, and email and web site addresses, where 
available, of other body:   
Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal , Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, 
Final 1ª. Avenida Norte y Avenida Manuel Gallardo, Santa Tecla,  
Departamento de La Libertad,  El Salvador Tel.:      (503) 2241-1748  Email:  lvasquez@mag.gob.sv
 and rgonzalez@mag.gob.sv