. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PRY/17 
25 June 2008 
 (08-3028) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Kiwi fruit, maize (corn), mangoes, groundnuts (peanuts), beetroot and soya, 
quarantine treatments, integrated phytosanitary measure system for the risk management of 
X. axonopodis pv. citri 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) States Parties  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Decreto N° 12.282 "Por 
el cual se dispone la vigencia en la Repúb lica del Paraguay de Resoluciones adoptadas por 
el Grupo Mercado Común del MERCOSUR en materia fitosanitaria"  (Decree No. 12.282 
"Providing for the validity in the Republic of Paraguay of Resolutions on phytosanitary 
issues adopted by the MERCOSUR Common Market Group") (3 pages, in Spanish). 
Text available at:  http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/sps/PRY/08_1831_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution  sets out the harmonized phytosanitary 
requirements used by the National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPOs) of MERCOSUR States Parties for regional trade in the various  forms of kiwi fruit, maize (corn), mangoes, 
groundnuts (peanuts), beetroot and soya, accordi ng to country of destination and origin. 
 The Resolution also sets forth MERCOSUR-approved quarantine treatments by 
product and pest. 
 Risk assessment of the pest Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri in citrus fruit and 
risk management to prevent its establishment in pest-free areas have been implemented on 
the basis of international standards applicable to pest risk analysis (PRA).  A critical control 
point system in a systems approach was applie d, in accordance with International Standard 
for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 14, enabling the risk of the introduction and 
establishment of this pest to be reduced and c ontrolled.  This systems approach is an option 
that is equivalent to but less restrictive than other measures. 
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 G/SPS/N/PRY/17 
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  8. 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: 
− MERCOSUR Common Market Group (GMC) Resolution No. 52/02, Standard 3.7: 
Requisitos Fitosanitarios Armonizados por Categoría de Riesgo para el Ingreso de 
Productos Vegetales  (Harmonized phytosanitary requirements by risk category for the 
entry of plant products), Second revision.  October 2002; 
- Listado Regional de Plagas Cuarentenarias  (Regional list of quarantine pests).  
Comité de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur , COSAVE (Southern Cone Plant Health 
Committee), 2006.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Presidential Decree 
of the Republic of Paraguay (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  6 June 2008  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  6 June 2008  
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: 
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 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 page: www.senave.gov.py/decretos.php