WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BOL/15 
24 February 2006 
 (06-0815) 
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:  Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuario e Inocuidad Alimentaria 
- SENASAG (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 should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Wood for parquet flooring (44.09) and sawn w ood (44.07)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:    
 Paraguay  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución 
Administrativa  (Administrative Resolution) No. 06/2006 of 19 January 2006 (2 pages)  
6. 
   
 
   Description of content:   
 Establishes the following phytosanitary re quirements and procedur es for exports of 
wood to the Republic  of Paraguay: 
1. All exporters must be registered with SENASAG. 
2. The wood must undergo one of the following  phytosanitary treatments, depending on 
its type of finish:  
WOOD FOR PARQUET FLOORING: The wood  drying process is an accepted 
phytosanitary treatment.  The drying temperature must be between 55 and 60 °C.  The 
treatment ends when the moisture content of  the wood reaches 8 per cent.  The wood must 
be wrapped in plastic that is 20 microns thic k and stored on pallets.  The storage area for 
treated wood must be isolated using acid-resi stant netting or some sort of infrastructure 
that guarantees phytosanitary protection, in  order to prevent the treated product from 
becoming reinfested.  
     
 
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  6. Description of content:  (cont'd)  
SAWN WOOD: 
• Treatment with methyl bromide (M B).  The following dosage rates and 
exposure times must be used: 
 
Minimum concentration readings (g/m
3) at: Temperature Dosage rate 
(g/m3) 30 min 2 h 4 h 16 h 
21°C or 
above 48 36 24 17 14 
16°C or 
above 56 42 28 20 17 
11°C or 
above 64 48 32 22 19 
 
• Treatment with aluminium phosphide: 
 
Temperature  
(°C) Dosage  
(g a.i./m3) Exposure time  
(hours) 
16 – 25°C 10.0 72 
 
Treatment with aluminium phosphide must ta ke place in a purpose-built chamber or, 
failing that, under a plastic c overing on a solid concrete floor. 
3. Once the heat or chemical treatment is complete, the product must be shipped within 
a maximum of 15 days.  If it is not shipped w ithin this time-limit, the wood must once again 
undergo fumigation treatment in a ccordance with point 2(b).  Sawn wood consignments must 
not contain any bark.   
4. Once the methyl bromide or aluminium phos phide treatment has been carried out, the 
product (wood) must remain unde r phytosanitary protection. 
5. The means of transport used must m eet phytosanitary protection requirements 
(covered vehicles) and be sealed before disp atch, thus complying with the above-mentioned 
requirements for entry into the Republic of Paraguay.   
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:         G/SPS/N/BOL/15 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolución 
Administrativa  (Administrative Resolution) No. 06/2006 of 19 January 2006 (2 pages, in 
Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  19 January 2006  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  60 days after adoption  
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:   
Unidad Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuar ia e Inocuidad Alimentaria (SENASAG) 
Av. José Natuach N° 221 Trinidad Departamento del Beni República de Bolivia 
Tel.:  (591-03) 4628106/4628107 
Fax:  (591-03) 4652096/4652136 E-mail:  dduran@senasag.gov.bo
, asalas@senasag.gov.bo  
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Dr. Marcelo Lara Godoy, Coordinador General 
Área de Coordinación Interinstitucional - SENASAG Calle Jorge Sáenz, entre Honduras y Haití 
La Paz – Bolivia 
Tel.:  (591-2) 2229979 o (591-2) 2229935 Fax:  (591-2) 2220616 E-mail:  mlara@senasag.gov.bo