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G/SPS/N/ARG/154 
20 January 2012 
 (12-0354) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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):  Fresh poultry meat and poultry by-products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners 
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Condiciones sanitarias para autorizar la importación de 
carne y subproductos frescos de aves de  corral a la República Argentina  (Health 
requirements for the importation into Argentina of fresh poultry meat and poultry by-products) Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  21 
 Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/ARG/12_0122_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Draft National Agriculture and Food Quality and Health Service 
Resolution approving health requirements for the importation into Argentina of fresh 
poultry meat and poultry by-products.  The draft text includes model health/animal health 
certificates for exporting fresh poultry meat  and poultry by-products to Argentina 
(Annex I). 
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/154 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat, CAC/RCP 58/2005 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) Section 10 of the Terrestrial Animal Health 
Code 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None  
 Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The notified draft Resolution includes requirements additional to 
those recommended by the OIE Terrestrial Code.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in 
Spanish 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  After the close of the comment period  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  After adoption 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Immediately after publication 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  20 March 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.   Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) 
Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales e Institucionales 
Tel.: +(54 11) 4121-5353 
Fax: +(54 11) 4121-5360 E-mail: relint@senasa.gov.ar Website: http://www.senasa.gov.ar/