. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BOL/9 
4 July 2005 
 (05-2908) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BOLIVIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety 
(SENASAG)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Wood packaging material in international trade. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Resolución 
Administrativa  (Administrative Resolution) No. 059/2005 of 24 May (21 pages).  
6. Description of content:  Approves the regulations on wo od packaging material in 
international trade. 
Chapter I 
General Provisions 
Article 1. Objectives 
1.1.    Establish procedures  and regulations permitting the efficient inspection of wood 
packaging material in international trade a nd the registration, control and monitoring of 
companies authorized to carry out the phyto sanitary treatment of wood packaging under 
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 15. 
1.2.    Reduce the risk of the introduction and/ or spread of quarantine pests associated with 
wood packaging material used in the transport of commoditie s in international trade. 
1.3.     Specify the phytosanitary procedures for authorizing the function and application of the 
phytosanitary treatment of  wood packaging material. 
Article 2. Scope These regulations shall be a pplicable throughout the national territory and binding, without 
exception, on natural and legal persons a nd public and private entities engaged in 
international trade in and transport of goods. 
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 Article 3.  Wood packaging materi al covered by the regulations 
The types of wood packaging subject to the a pplication of these re gulations are pallets, 
dunnage panels, crating, packaging blocks, drums, cases, load boards, pall et collars and skids, 
of a thickness exceeding six millimetres, and packaging which can be present in any  
imported or exported commodities, including impo rts and/or exports not normally subject to 
phytosanitary inspection. 
Article 4.  Wood packaging material  not covered by the regulations 
The types of wood packaging excluded from the application of these regulations are those 
made wholly of wood-based products such as pl ywood, particle board, oriented strand board 
or veneer that have been created using glue, heat and pressure or a combination thereof, and 
wood packaging material such as  veneer peeler cores, sawdus t, wood wool, wood shavings 
and raw wood cut to a thicknes s not exceeding six millimetres.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] 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),  [ 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 Service for 
Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASAG) Administrative Resolution No. 059/2005 
of 24 May 2005 (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  24 May 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  60 days as of the date of notification  
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:   
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuar ia e Inocuidad Alimentaria (SENASAG) 
Av. José Natusch No. 221 
Trinidad 
Departamento del Beni República de Bolivia Tel.:  (591-03) 4620151 / 4628106 Fax:  (591-03) 4652096 / 46521361 E-mail: asalas@senasag.gov.bo  
 semasagunag@yahoo.com 
 cuarentena_vegetal@yahoo.fr  
13. Texts available from: [    ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: