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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/GTM/41 
18 May 2006 
 (06-2413) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures  Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   GUATEMALA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación  (Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Food) 
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):  Natural, unprocessed products made from the meat of bovine animals (0201 
and 0202), swine (0203) and poultry (0207). 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 United States of America 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Acuerdo Ministerial 
163-2006 de fecha 22 de marzo de 2006, Dis posiciones para reconocer como equivalentes 
las medidas sanitarias de los Estados Unidos  de América para los sistemas de inspección 
de productos naturales no procesados de carne bovina, porcina y aves   (Ministerial 
Decision No. 163-2006 of 22 March 2006:  Prov isions relating to recognition of the 
equivalence of the sanitary measures implemented by the United States of America in the context of inspection systems for natural, unprocessed products made from the meat of bovine animals, swine and poultry) (2 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Recognition of the equivale nce of the sanitary measures 
implemented by the United States of Ameri ca in the context of inspection systems for 
natural, unprocessed products made from the meat  of bovine animals, swine and poultry. 
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  
8. International standard, gu ideline 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:   Acuerdo Ministerial  
(Ministerial Decision) No. 163-2006 of 22 March 2006 (available in Spanish). 
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:   The Decision will enter into force on the day following its 
publication in the Diario Oficial de Centro América  (Official Journal of Central America). 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   27 March 2006 
12. Final date for comments:   60 days as of 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:  
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación 
Unidad de Políticas e Información Estratégica Área de Información 
5ª. Avenida 8-06, Zona 9 
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, C.A. Tel.: (502) 2361-7786 and 2334-1048 Fax: (502) 2361-7783 E-mail: informacion.upie@maga.gob.gt
 
Enquiry Point : 
Contact persons : 
Gustavo Adolfo Hernández Arreaga E-mail: ghernandez@maga.gob.gt
 
Leonel Estuardo Donis Loaiza E-mail: edonis@maga.gob.gt
   
 
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación Unidad de Normas y Regulaci ones - Área Fitozoosanitaria  
7
a Avenida 12-90, Zona 13, Edificio Anexo Monja Blanca 
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, C.A. 
Telefax: (502) 2475-3058, 2457-3068 and 2475-3074 
E-mail: Otto.lavagninon@maga.gob.gt   and  jose.grajeda@maga.gob.gt  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación 
Unidad de Políticas e Información Estratégica 
Área de Información 
5ª. Avenida 8-06, Zona 9 Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, C.A. Tel.: (502) 2361-7786 and 2334-1048 Fax: (502) 2361-7783 
E-mail: informacion.upie@maga.gob.gt
 
National SPS Enquiry Point : 
Contact persons : 
Gustavo Adolfo Hernández Arreaga E-mail: ghernandez@maga.gob.gt
 
Leonel Estuardo Donis Loaiza 
E-mail: edonis@maga.gob.gt