G/SPS/N/PER/854  
5 November  2019 
(19-7476) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and 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 number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Ryegrass seeds  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : New Zealand  
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos fitosanitarios de necesario cumplimiento en 
la importación de semillas de raigrás ( Lolium multiflorum, Lolium perenne, Lolium x 
hybridum ) origen y procedencia Nueva Zelanda (Mandatory phytosanitary requirements 
governing the importation into Peru of  ryegrass ( Lolium multiflorum , Lolium perenne  and 
Lolium  x hybridum ) seeds originating in and coming from New Zealand) Language(s) : 
Spanish Number of pages : 1 
The text can be downloaded from the SENASA website:  
https://www.senasa.gob.pe/senasa/consulta -publica/  
(available in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text sets out the phytosanitary requirements 
governing the importation into Peru of  ryegrass ( Lolium multiflorum , Lolium perenne  and 
Lolium  x hybridum ) seeds originating in and coming from New Zealand, following the 
completion of the relevant pest  risk analysis.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No. ) ISPM Nos. 1, 2, 
11, 20 and 21  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/PER/854  
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  [X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from t he 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): Upon publication in the Official Journal, El Peruano  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 4 January 2 020 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Text available from:  
Enne Carrillo Esquerre  
Directora(e) de Subdirección de Cuarentena Vegetal (Director of the Sub -Directorate of 
Plant Quarantine), SENASA  
Av. La Molina Nº 1915, Lima 12, Lima, Peru  
Tel.: (+511) 313 3300, Ext. 6120  
Email:  ecarrillo@senasa.gob.pe  
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