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G/SPS/N/ARG/179
7 January 2015
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Original: Spanish
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
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Notifying Member: ARGENTINA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency responsible: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria, SENASA
(National Agriculture and Food Quality and Health Service)
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Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition,
where applicable): Products included in Article 2 of SENASA Resolution No. 544/2014.
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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
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All trading partners, or
[X] Specific regions or countries: Chile
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Title of the notified document: Resolución SENASA Nº 544/2014 (SENASA Resolution
No. 544/2014 declaring a health alert in the provinces of Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut and
Santa Cruz in the Argentine Republic, following new outbreaks of infectious salmon
anaemia in the Republic of Chile) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 9
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/235000-239999/239061/norma.htm
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Description of content: A health alert has been declared in the provinces of Neuquén,
Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz, following new outbreaks of infectious salmon anaemia
in the Republic of Chile.
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Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
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Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action: Infectious salmon
anaemia is a notifiable disease in Argentina and also appears on the list of diseases not
present in the area of the upper Limay river basin and Alicurá dam, which was set forth in
SENASA Resolution No. 375 of 8 August 2013. Very stringent administrative and technical
control and prevention measures are necessary to maintain the area's health status.
It is therefore vital to implement special measures to prevent infectious salmon anaemia
from entering the above-mentioned area - a situation that would affect the current health
status.
Following the entry into force of Resolution No. 375/13, a sanitary corridor was established
for trucks from the Republic of Chile carrying live aquaculture materials or other risk items
in transit from Chile to Chile. This led to the adoption of route control measures for trucks
transiting in both directions, given the risk of overturning in areas adjoining the lakes,
rivers and reservoir that have been declared free of the above-mentioned disease.
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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
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Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex
G/SPS/N/ARG/179
-2standard or related text)
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World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic
Animal Health Code, chapter number) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code, Section
10, Chapter 10.4: Infection with infectious salmon anaemia virus.
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International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)
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None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?
[X] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
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Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable): 2
December 2014. Upon publication in the Official Journal.
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Trade facilitating measure
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Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if
available) of other body:
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Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: