. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PRY/22 
3 December 2008 
 (08-5909) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  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):  Agrochemicals falling under MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature (NCM) 
tariff heading 3808 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or 
 All countries which export phytosanitary products to Paraguay 
[   ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución Nº 200/08 "Por la cual se amplia el Artículo 
N° 2 de la Resolución N° 139/07 en lo referente  a pasos de frontera únicos para el ingreso 
terrestre de plaguicidas de uso agrícola"  (Resolution No. 200/08 "Extending Article 2 of 
Resolution No. 139/07 in respect of single border-crossing points for the entry into 
Paraguay by land of agricultural pesticides").  Language:   Spanish.  Number of pages:   2. 
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution establishes the Puerto José Falcón border 
crossing as an land entry into Para guay for agricultural pesticides. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)  
[   ] None G/SPS/N/PRY/22 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standa rd?  If so, identify the standard:   (cont'd) 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ X ] Yes   [   ] No  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution 
No. 200/08 of 11 November 2008 "Extending Article  2 of Resolution No. 139/07 in respect 
of single border-crossing points for the entry into Paraguay by land of agricultural pesticides" (2 pages;  in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  11 November 2008 
Proposed date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  11 November 2008 
[  ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  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 Web site: http://www.senave.gov.py/resoluciones.php