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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PAN/51 
19 September 2008 
 (08-4380) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  PANAMA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario  (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):  Flowers and foliage 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Colombia and Ecuador  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Resuelto N° DAL-060-
ADM-2008 Panamá, 27 de agosto de 2008  (Resolution No. DAL-060-ADM-2008, Panama, 
of 27 August 2008) (2 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content: 
Article 1.  The importation, transit and transsh ipment of flowers and foliage originating in 
the Republics of Colombia and Ecuador shall be temporarily suspended until such time as 
Panama's National Plant Health Directorate a nd the National Plant Protection Organizations 
(NPPOs) of Colombia and Ecuador agree upon phytosanitary measures which guarantee the appropriate level of prot ection required by Panama. 
Article 2.  Phytosanitary import and transit licences for flowers and foliage which have 
already been issued by the Ex ecutive Directorate of Agricultu ral Quarantine and are still in 
force shall be cancelled, together with ship ments originating in and coming from Colombia 
and Ecuador which have not yet reached Panama. 
Article 3.  In accordance with Internationa l Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 
No. 13, the Colombian and Ecuadorian NPPOs sha ll be informed of the case at issue, with a 
view to their applying the phytosanitary  measures warranted by the situation. 
Article 4.  The phytosanitary requirements for the importation of flowers and foliage 
originating in and coming from Colombia a nd Ecuador shall be temporarily rescinded.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [  X ] protect territory from 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  Detection of the 
presence of live Frankliniella occidentalis  insects  in flowers and foliage originating in 
Colombia and Ecuador.  
9. 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:  International Standard for Phytosanitary 
Measures (ISPM) No. 13  
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in Spanish 
from the enquiry points notified by Panama. 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  The Resolution will enter 
into force immediately and remain applicab le until the Colombian and Ecuadorian NPPOs 
and the National Plant Health Directorate of Panama's Ministry of Agricultural Development agree upon phytosanitary measures which guarantee the appropriate level of 
protection required by Panama. 
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
1. National enquiry point  
 Mrs Eva Bravo  Centro de Operaciones de vigilancia y emergencias sanitarias y fitosanitarias (COP) 
 Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario 
 Altos de Curundú, Calle Manuel E. Melo, Edif.. 575, Piso 1  Apartado Postal 0816-01611  Tel.: +(507) 507-0707  Fax: +(507) 507-0886  E-mail: ebravo@mida.gob.pa 
 Web site: www.mida.gob.pa 
2. National notification authority  
 Mrs Marquelda Isaza  Dirección Nacional de Administración de Tratados Comerciales  Internacionales y de Defensa Comercial 
 Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias 
 Ave. Ricardo J. Alfaro y Calle El Paical, Plaza Edison, Segundo Piso  Apartado Postal 0819-05820  Tel.: +(507) 560-0690  Fax: +(507) 560-0691 
 E-mail: misaza@mici.gob.pa 
 Web site: www.mici.gob.pa