. /.   WORLD  TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARG/100 
23 November 2006 
 (06-5656) 
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):  Chinchillas ( Chinchilla Laniger ). 
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 chinchillas (Chinchilla Laniger) a la República Argentina 
(Health requirements for importing chinchillas ( Chinchilla Laniger ) into the Argentine 
Republic) (10 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The draft document contains the model application for importing 
chinchillas ( Solicitud de Importación de Chinchillas ) to be approved by SENASA before the 
animals are shipped from the exporting country. 
 The veterinary authorities of the exporting c ountry will have to certify that the latter 
satisfies the OIE Terrestrial Co de's recommendations for being declared tularaemia-free, or 
that the situation in respect of the disease is su ch as to offer the sanitary guarantees necessary 
for certification of the country's compliance wi th the Terrestrial Code's recommendations for 
countries infected with the disease. 
 Another requirement is that over the six-month period prio r to exportation the 
establishment from which the animals originate has recorded no case of quarantine infection 
with, inter alia :  Pseudomona aeruginosa , Listeria monocytogenes , Salmonera typhimurium , 
Bordetella bronchiseptica , Pasteurella haemolytica , hemolytic  Escherichia coli , Yersinia 
pseudotuberculosis and enterocolitica , Giardia intestinalis , dermic and/or generalized 
mycosis, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] 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/100 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World 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:  Terrestrial Animal Health Code 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Once adopted, the 
resolution will be published in the 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 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point or addres s, 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: