. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PRY/13 
2 October 2006 
 (06-4699) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
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):  Processed and semi-processed timber. 
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 
No. 234 del 29 de agosto de 2006 "Por la cual se aprueba un régimen de excepción a la 
Resolución No. 1105/04, para la internaci ón de maderas procesadas y semiprocesadas al 
territorio nacional"  (Resolution No. 244 of 29 August 2006 of the National Plant and Seed 
Quality and Health Service approving a regi me of exemption from Resolution No. 1105/04 
for the import of processed and semi-processed timb er into Paraguay) (3 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The exemption from Resolution No. 1105/04 on risk analysis of 
pests involves verification of the origin of  the processed and semi-processed timber to be 
imported in order to determine the general and special phytosanitary requirements to be met 
by the exporting country. 
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, 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:        
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  National Plant and 
Seed Quality and Health Service (SEN AVE) Resolution (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  29 August 2006  G/SPS/N/PRY/13 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  29 August 2006  
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 Web site:  http://www.senave.gov.py 
E-mail:  sri_senave@telesurf.com.py