WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/1041 
20 September 2010 
 (10-4717) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
PHYTOSANITARY IMPORT AUTHORIZATIONS (AFIDI) 
 
Communication from Argentina
 
  
 The following communication, received on 14 September 2010, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Argentina
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I. INTRODUCTION 
1. As previously stated in document G/SPS/GE N/923, the National Agri-Food Health and 
Quality Service (Senasa) has starte d to modernize the management of the different processes that fall 
within its competence.  In that c onnection, it has given priority to the development of a new system 
for issuing Phytosanitary Import Authorizations (Afidi), incorporating the latest computer technology. 
2. The system will be developed and installed in a web environment so that it can be used by all 
operators in the different locations for registration,  consultation and validation of information through 
the Internet.  Thanks to the information processed by the system, it will be possible to ensure flexible 
management of the documentation required by Se nasa at different stages for control purposes. 
3. As explained in document G/SPS/GEN/923, the new system will not interfere in the way 
Argentina establishes phytosanitary requirements. 
II. PRE-AFIDI MODEL 
4. In the process of developing the new system fo r issuing Phytosanitary Import Authorizations, 
it was decided that the system would be implemen ted gradually, as specified in May 2009 when 
Argentina announced that changes were being ma de to the format of the Afidi document. 
5. Argentina now wishes to inform that Resolution Senasa No. 569/2010
1 specifies the entry into 
effect of the new management system for products  for propagation purposes (part of a plant, seed), 
entering the country via the Port of Buenos Aires, (Ezeiza) Ministro Pistarini International Airport or 
Jorge Newbery International Airport. 
6. Importers of such products or their represen tatives can thus print any application for a 
phytosanitary import authorization approved by Sen asa's Plant Quarantine Directorate, generating a 
Pre-Afidi that can be used for the upstream  processing of phytosanitary certification. 
                                                      
1 Published in the Official Bulletin of 24 August 2010.  The full text of the Resolution is available at:  
http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInterne t/anexos/170000-174999/170883/norma.htm . G/SPS/GEN/1041 
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  7. A Pre-Afidi printout is identical to the model Afidi document presented in May 2009 
(G/SPS/GEN/923) and provides for the entry of all requi site trade data (importer, shipper, exporter, 
product, origin and phytosanitary requirements for entry of the product into Argentina). 
8. In this connection, it should be noted that Senasa has introduced a service for the electronic 
validation of documents.  Every pr inted copy of a document using a Senasa system generates a CUVE 
(single electronic verification key) number that appears at the bottom centre of the page. 
9. The certifying country's National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) can check the 
validity of the data contained in a printed Pre- Afidi document through its CUVE number, using the 
online services on the following Senasa web page:  https://aps2.senasa.gov.ar/vdc/faces/consulta.jsp
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10. Annexed to this communication is the model format to be used for printing a Pre-Afidi 
document.2 
                                                      
2 In Spanish only.  G/SPS/GEN/1041 
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