. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PRY/5 
8 February 2006 
 (06-0547) 
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):  Packaging material in international trade 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners of Paraguay 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución del SENAVE 
N° 10, de 14 de septiembre de 2005, por la cual se modifica el Art. 5 de la Res. 43/05, de 
fecha 13 de julio de 2005, "Por la cual se implementa la NIMF N° 15 Directrices para 
reglamentar el embalaje de madera ut ilizado en el comercio internacional"  (National Plant 
and Seed Quality and Health Service (SENAV E) Resolution No. 10 of 14 September 2005 
amending Article 5 of Resolution No. 43/05 of  13 July 2005, "Implementing International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 15: Guidelines for Regulating Wood 
Packaging Material in International Trade")  (1 page, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Resolution provides that firms engaged in the 
quarantine treatment of wood packaging mate rial which apply the chemical treatment 
established in International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 15 must 
comply with existing national legislation in matt ers which do not fall strictly within the field 
of plant health. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,   
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest  or disease, [ X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  
8. International standard, gu ideline 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 Plant and 
Seed Quality and Health Service (SENAV E) Resolution (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   14 September 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   14 September 2005 G/SPS/N/PRY/5 
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  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