. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BOL/13 
16 November 2005 
 (05-5353) 
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 Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria  
- SENASAG (National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety)  
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):  Natural, synthetic or semi-synthe tic growth-promoting hormones with 
androgenic, oestrogenic or progestogenic action for animals for human consumption.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolución 
Administrativa No. 010/2005  (Administrative Resolution No. 010/ 2005) (3 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  This Resolution controls the use throughout Argentina of animal 
growth-promoting hormone veterinary products  for the production of food for human 
consumption.  Such products are to be strict ly controlled and the veterinary pharmacies, 
distributors and veterinary companies which im port and market them are required to make 
their dispatch conditional upon presentation of a vete rinary prescription, whic h is to be filed in 
their records pending the respective inspection.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] 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), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  It has been internationally established that the 
indiscriminate use of hormones as anabolic st eroids to increase the production of animals 
for human consumption can lead to physiological disorders amongst consumers. 
 This Resolution does not apply to vete rinary products for the treatment of 
pathologies of the reproductive system or for the reproductive management of productive 
animals.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  SENASAG website:  
www.senasag.gov.bo (in Spanish).  G/SPS/N/BOL/13 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2005  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  December 2005  
12. Final date for comments:  30 November 2005  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] 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:   
Dr. Marcelo Lara Godoy, Coordinador General 
Dirección Calle Jorge Sáenz, entre Honduras y Haití La Paz, Bolivia Tel.: (+591 2) 222 9979 or (591 2) 222 9935 Fax: (+591 2) 222 0616 
E-mail: mlara@senasag.gov.bo