. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARG/107/Rev.1 
14 August 2007 
 (07-3418) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member 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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers sh ould be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  In vivo -derived  caprine embryos 
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 la Autorización de la Importación de Embr iones Caprinos Recolectados In Vivo a la 
República Argentina (Health Requirements for Importing In Vivo- Derived Caprine Embryos 
into the Argentine Republic) (13 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft document contains models of the application form 
for importing in vivo -derived  caprine embryos ( Solicitud de importación de embriones caprinos 
recolectados in vivo ) and the international veterinary cert ificate authorizing the importation of in 
vivo- derived  caprine embryos into the Argentine Republic ( Certificado veterinario 
internacional para amparar la autorización de  la importación de embriones caprinos 
recolectados  in vivo  a la República Argentina ). 
 Among other requirements, the do cument establishes that neither the farm of origin nor 
the embryo collection centre must have any officially reported cases of foot and mouth disease, bluetongue, vesicular stom atitis, infection caused by Brucella abortus  or Brucella  melitensis , 
contagious agalactia, enzootic abortion of  ewes, Nairobi sheep disease, ovine pulmonary 
adenomatosis, maedi-visna or caprine arthritis en cephalitis in the four (4) months prior to the 
first collection date of the embryos for export. 
 Furthermore, donor females in establishments where embryos for export to the 
Argentine Republic are collected must have been held for a 30-day pre-collection period 
immediately prior to the first collection date. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [  ] plant protection,  
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from other 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Wo rld Organization for Animal Health (OIE), 
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] 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 
measure 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:  Sixty (60) days after the date of notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [   ] National notification authority, 
[ X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point or 
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: