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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/PER/16
9 May 2000
(00-1898)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  PERU
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable). Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Plantain and banana (Musa spp.) propagating material and fruit
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Establishment of Measures
Applicable to the Importation of Plantain and Banana (Musa spp.) Propagating Material andFruit with a View to Protecting the Health  of Producing Areas in Peru (2 pages)
5. Description of content:  Under the Supreme Decree, the import of plantain and banana
(Musa spp.) propagating material and fruit and the establishment of phytosanitary
requirements are dependent on the results of a Pest Risk Analysis carried out by the
National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA)
6. 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           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  Prevention of the introduction of Black Sigatoka
(Mycosphaerella Fijiensis), an AZ quarantine pest for Peru, into plantain and banana
producing areas of the country.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Resolution 025 of the General Secretariat of the
Andean Community, Article 6
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Supreme Decree
No. 011-2000-AG (in Spanish only)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  26 April 2000G/SPS/N/PER/16
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11. Texts available from/and 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:
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria-SENASA
Ministerio de Agricultura
Pasaje Zela s/n Piso 10
Lima – 11
Fax:  (+511) 433 2851/433 8048
E-mail: adelarosa@senasa.minag.gob.pe
ibarrenechea@senasa.minag.gob.pe