. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PER/124 
18 November 2005 
 (05-5467) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria  - SENASA (National Agrarian 
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):  Ruminants and live swine and semen or  embryos thereof; chilled or frozen 
meat, entrails and offal, hides, skins, wool  and other products of these species capable of 
transmitting or carrying the foot-and-mouth di sease (FMD) virus;  non-sterile organic 
products, fodder and hay.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Brazil  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Suspenden importación 
de diversos animales y productos de origen animal procedente de Brasil  (Suspension of the 
importation of certain animals and animal pr oducts from Brazil) (1 page, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  Suspension for a period of 180 calendar days of imports from 
Brazil of ruminants and live swine and seme n and embryos thereof;  chilled and frozen 
meat, raw offal and entrails, untanned hid es and skins, unwashed and greasy wool;  
non-sterile organic products, f odder and hay;  and other risk products of these species 
capable of transmitting or carrying the FMD virus.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests       
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  To keep Peru free from 
the FMD virus following action to control the incidence of the disease throughout the 
national territory, and given the existence of  areas recognized by the OIE as free from the 
disease without vaccination.  
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Measure based on the Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code.  G/SPS/N/PER/124 
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 10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Departmental 
Resolution No. 195-2005-AG-SENASA (in Spanish).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Upon publication in the 
Official Journal El Peruano  / as of 14 October 2005.  
12. 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:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA) 
Dirección General de Sanidad Animal 
Av. La Molina 1915, La Molina Lima 12, Perú Fax: (+511) 313 3315 and (+511) 313 3310 E-mail:  odominguez@senasa.gob.pe