. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PAN/43 
15 April 2005 
 
 (05-1570) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agricultural Development  
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):  Resolution No. DAL-005-ADM-2005, Panama, 7 January 2005 (attached) 
contains the list of products covered.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Trading partners of Panama.   
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Resolution No. DAL-
005-ADM-2005, Panama, 7 January 2005 (6 pa ges).  This Resolution establishes the 
following product classification by plant and animal health risk to national agriculture: List A :  products that do not require a plant or  animal health permit for importation into 
Panama;  List B :  products that require a plant or animal health permit for importation into 
Panama, but which are exempt from regional, country, area and/or establishment assessment 
and plant inspection;  other agricultural products :  products that require a plant or animal 
health import permit and that must comply w ith requirements on regional, country, area 
and/or establishment assessment and approval and plant inspection and other requirements 
under Panamanian sanitary and phytosanitary legislation.   
6. Description of content:  Establishes a product classification by plant and animal health risk 
to national agriculture.   
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] 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), [   ] 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:  Available in Spanish 
from the enquiry points notified by Panama.  Official Gazette No. 25, 220 of 19 January 2005.   G/SPS/N/PAN/43 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not indicated  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  19 January 2005  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] 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:  Texts 
available from the enquiry points notified by Panama.   
Enquiry point of competent authority  
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Animal 
Río Tapia, Tocumen, Panamá Apartado postal: 5390 Zona 5, Panamá Tel.:  (507) 266-1812 Fax:  (507) 266-2943 / (507) 220-7981 
E-mail:  dinasa1@cwpanama.net
; dinasa2@cwpanama.net  
 Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal Río Tapia, Tocumen, Panamá Tel./Fax:  (507) 220-7979 and (507) 220-0733 Apartado postal:  5390 Zona 5, Panamá 
 
Authority designated to handle comments and responsible for notifications Dirección Nacional de Negociaciones Comerciales Internacionales Avenida Ricardo J. Alfaro, Edison Playa, Piso N
o 2 
Apartado postal: 378, Zona 3, Panamá 
Tel.:  (507) 360-0690/0600/0700, Ext. 2308-2355 
Fax:  (507) 360-0691 E-mail:  smoreno@mici.gob.pa