. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/GTM/32 
26 May 2005 
 (05-2152) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  GUATEMALA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food  
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):  Pure-bred breeding animals (010 3.10.00), Weighing less than 50 kg 
(0103.91.00), Weighing 50 kg or more (0103.92.00) , Carcases and half -carcases (0203.11.00), 
Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in (0203.12.00), Other (0203.19.00), Carcases 
and half-carcases (0203.21.00), Hams, shoulders and cuts ther eof, with bone in (0203.22.00), 
Other (0203.29.00), Skin (0206.30.10), Other (0206.30.90), Livers (0206.41.00), Skin 
(0206.49.10), Other (0206.49.90), Hams, shoulde rs and cuts thereof, with bone in 
(0210.11.00), Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof ( 0210.12.00), Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and 
hair and waste thereof  (0502.10.00), Of swine or sheep (0504.00.20)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Trading partners of Guatemala  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decision 
No. 1993-2004 of 30 November 2004 . Officially Declaring the Department of El Petén, 
Guatemala, Free From Classical Swine Fever  (1 page, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The Department of El Petén, Guatemala, is officially declared free 
from classical swine fever on the basis of info rmation furnished and procedures undertaken 
by the Programme for the Prevention, Contro l and Eradication of Classical Swine Fever 
under the responsibility of the Ministry of Ag riculture, Livestock and Food. The provisions 
laid down in this respect by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food are binding in 
the Department of El Petén upon natural and legal persons involved in the pig production 
sector, with a view to maintaining the Department free from this disease.  
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 pests   
 Obtain recognition of the Department of El Petén, Guatemala, as free from classical 
swine fever by the countries with which Guatemala trades or promotes trad e in products of pig 
origin. 
  
 
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 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:  Ministerial Decision 
No. 1993-2004 of 30 November 2004 (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Guatemala,  8 December 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Guatemala,  8 December 2004  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days as from the date of notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación 
Unidad de Políticas e Información Estratégica Área de Información 5ª. Avenida 8-06, Zona 9 
Ciudad de Guatemala 
Tel.: (502) 2361-7786, 2334-1048 Fax: (502) 2361-7783 E-mail: informacion.upie@maga.gob.gt
 
Enquiry Point :  
Contact person :  Gustavo Adolfo Hernández Arreaga 
E-mail:  ghernandez@maga.gob.gt  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación 
Unidad de Normas y Regulaciones Oficina de Normas y Procedimientos 7ª. Avenida 12-90, Zona 13, Anexo Edificio Monja Blanca 
Ciudad de Guatemala 
Fax: (502) 2475-3058, 2457-3068, 2475-3074 E-mail: correo@unr.gob.gt