. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/PER/239 
1 October 2009  
 (09-4651) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:   PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria  - SENASA (National 
Agrarian Health Service) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Lagomorphs and la gomorph products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or 
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Norma Sanitaria Andina para el Comercio y 
la Movilización Intrasubregional y con T erceros Países de Lagomorfos y sus Productos  
(Draft Andean Health Standard governing tr ade in and the transport of lagomorphs and 
lagomorph products at intra-subregiona l level and with third countries) 
Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  16 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Standard updates the health requirements laid 
down by Resolutions Nos. 347 and 449 of the Council of the Cartagena Agreement 
governing trade in and the transport of  lagomorphs and lagomorph products at 
intra-subregional level and with third countries,  in order to take into consideration the 
changes in health status of the various countri es with which Peru trades in this species and 
its by-products. 
The draft also lays down the harmonized hea lth requirements governing the importation 
and transport of the lagomorphs and la gomorph products falling under the tariff item 
numbers specified in the Standard amongst Me mber countries of the Andean Community of 
Nations (CAN) and with third countries, with a vi ew to minimizing the risk of the spread of 
disease and to preventing health measures from becoming disguised barriers to or 
unjustified restrictions on trade, in accordance with the health status of exporting and importing countries. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/PER/239 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission  (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No  
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Proyecto de 
Norma Sanitaria Andina para el Comercio y la Movilización Intrasubregional y con 
Terceros Países de Lagomorfos y sus Productos (Draft Andean Health Standard governing 
trade in and the transport of lagomorphs and lagomorph products at in tra-subregional level 
and with third countries) (available in Spanish, 16 pages) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not stated. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Si x months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  This Standard will enter into force on the date of its publication by the 
Andean Community. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  30 November 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address , fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA) 
Dirección General de Sanidad Animal 
Av. La Molina 1915, La Molina Lima 12, Peru Fax: +(51 1) 340 1486 E-mail: ghalze@senasa.gob.pe 
Website: http://www.senasa.gob.pe
 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: