. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARG/101 
21 December 2006 
 
 (06-6129) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   ARGENTINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria  - SENASA 
(National Agriculture and Food Quality and 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):  Bullfrogs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Condiciones sanitarias 
para autorizar la importación de ranas ca tesbeianas vivas a la República Argentina  
(Health requirements for importing live bullfrogs into the Argentine Republic) (11 pages, 
in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The draft document contains m odels of the application form for 
importing live bullfrogs ( Solicitud de importación de ranas catesbeianas vivas ) and the 
international veterinary certif icate authorizing the importation of live bullfrogs into the 
Argentine Republic ( Certificado veterinario internacional  para la autorización de la 
importación de ranas vivas catesb eianas a la República Argentina ). 
 Before granting import authorization, SE NASA will require up-to-date information 
from the veterinary authorities of the exporting country on the country's animal health status 
in respect of iridovirus ( Ranavirus ), chytrid fungus ( Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ) and 
red leg ( Aeromonas hydrophila ) and will ascertain that the establishment of origin has a 
chytridiomycosis control and monitoring programme. 
 Among other requirements the frogs must ha ve been raised in the establishment of 
origin since birth or held there for 60 days prior to exportation;  the establishment of origin must not have recorded any quara ntine disease, notably iridovirus ( Ranavirus ), chytrid 
fungus ( Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ) or red leg ( Aeromonas hydrophila ) in the six 
months prior to exportation;  and the frogs must  have been kept in quarantine for a period 
of 21 days prior to exportation. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,   
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests  G/SPS/N/ARG/101 
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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:  Once adopted, the 
Resolution will be published in the Boletín Oficial  (Official Journal). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
12. Final date for comments:   60 days after the date of notification 
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: