ANDEAN COMMUNITY
DECISION 328: Andean
Agricultural and Livestock Health
(Continuation)
ANNEX II
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
(Article 9)
Zoosanitary.... Country:.......
Phytosanitary... Signature and Seal of
(Mark with a cross) Responsible Functionary
Order Local Installation Operative Personnel 5/
Number Name Date Capacity Specialists,Professional
1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ Technicians, Others
1/ Specify the digit that corresponds to the order number, beginning with
number 1.
2/ Indicate the name by which it is known and the institution that runs sit.
3/ Date on which it began operations.
4/ Specify operational capacity, e.g. in quarantine season for animals, the
lodging capacity by species.
5/ Personnel: Indicate the number under each column.
Specialists: Indicate if, aside from graduating, there is post graduate work.
Professionals: Technicians of university training.
Technicians: Training in specialized schools or equivalent, of lower level
than universities.
Others: Include administrative, without university degree and all works not
contemplated in previous groups.
ANNEX III-1
BASIC CATALOG OF EXOTIC PESTS AND DISEASES
IN THE ANDEAN SUBREGION
1.
Corresponding to the order number.
2.
Common name of pest or disease.
3.
Establishes the agent or agents that cause the same ones, specifying
sub-types should there be any.
4.
Identify the animal group or plant species affected, as well as the parts
of same, products and/or byproducts of agricultural and livestock origin that
could be affected or act as carriers. Include objects of any origin that might
carry the pests or diseases when such is the case.
5.
Specify the country, countries or groups of countries recognized as being
affected.
6.
Indicate the requisites to which animals can be subjected, products,
byproducts and articles to guarantee innocuousness.
7.
Establish the conditions that might be complied with in order to consider
a previously affected country free of the corresponding pest or disease.
ANNEX III-2
BASIC CATALOG OF EXOTIC PESTS AND DISEASES
IN THE SUBREGION
___________
Order Name of Causal Animals, Vegetable Countries Requi-Exone No. Plague or
Agents & affected prods. Affected sites rated
Disease Affected
Country
__________
ANNEX III-3
ESCUTCHEON OR SEAL OF THE COUNTRY
COUNTRY......................... CERTIFICATE NUMBER.......
MINISTRY OR INSTITUTION........ PLACE OF SHIPMENT........
.............................. DESTINATION..............
SERVICE
ANDEAN ZOOSANITARY CERTIFICATE FOR EXPORTATIONS
APPLICANT.................................................
ADDRESS...................................................
APPLICATION REGISTRATION NUMBER.............................
______________
Quantity Product Origin Identifi- Species Race Sex Age
cation No.
_____________
TOTAL (Letters and numbers)
THE FOLLOWING IS HEREBY CERTIFIFIED:
Observations...............................................
...........................................................
_____________________________ Signature....................
Place and Date Name.........................
Post of Official Veterinary
Doctor.......................
_______________
VERIFICATION:
The identification and conformity of products supported by the present
document at the moment of shipment has been verified.
_____________
Place and Date Signature
Name
Responsible Officer
_____________
ANNEX III-4
ESCUTCHEON OR SEAL OF COUNTRY
COUNTRY....................... ORDER NUMBER.............
MINISTRY OR INSTITUTION....... DATE OF ISSUANCE.........
.............................. VALIDITY.................
SERVICE
ANDEAN ZOOSANITARY PERMIT FOR IMPORTATIONS
APPLICANT
ADDRESS
APPLICATION REGISTRATION NUMBER
OBJECT OF IMPORTATION
______________
Quantity Product Animals Observations
Species Race Sex Age
________________
TOTAL (In letters and numbers):
SENDER:
NAME AND ADDRESS
FINAL DESTINATION
NAME AND ADDRESS
LEAVING: DATE PLACE
TRAVEL ROUTE
ARRIVAL: DATE PLACE
The sanitary certificate shall accredit compliance with the specified
requisites on the back of the present document.
__________________________ Signature...................
Place and Date Name
Post of Official Veterinary Doctor
________________
SANITARY REQUISITES
_________________
ANNEX III-5
REPUBLIC OF..............................
MINISTRY OF..............................
ADDRESS OF PLANT PROTECTION SERVICE..........
Number:........
PHYTOSANITARY PERMIT FOR IMPORTATIONS
NAME AND ADDRESS OF IMPORTER..............................
In response to your application this Permit is granted to import plants,
their parts, products and byproducts of vegetable origin, according to existing
legislation and requisites established on the back hereof and others that are
determined in special cases.
_______________________
Denomination Quantity Origin
_______________________
_______________________
SENDER......................................................
............................................................
MEANS OF TRANSPORT..........................................
PORTS: OF EXIT................... OF ENTRY.................
TO BE USED FOR..............................................
TYPE OF PACKING.............................................
VALIDITY OF PERMIT..........................................
OBSERVATIONS................................................
............................................................
............................................................
.............OF.............19__
SEAL BUREAU OF VEGETABLE HEALTH
REQUISITES FOR THE IMPORTATION OF PLANTS, PARTS THEREOF, PRODUCTS AND
BYPRODUCTS OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN
1.
This should be accompanied by an official Phytosanitary Certificate from
the country of origin.
2.
To receive phytosanitary treatment before shipment, which shall be
verified by the official phytosanitary certificate.
3.
Seeds, plants, parts of plants, for cultivation and/or propagation shall
come free of earth or sand.
4.
It is absolutely prohibited to introduce used packing into the country.
5.
To receive phytosanitary treatment at the port of origin.
6.
Upon entry into the country, the product shall be inspected by the
Inspector of Vegetable Quarantine, who, according to existing legislation, is
empowered to submit it to fumigation or other treatment should he deem it
necessary, return it to point of departure for the account of the interested
parties or incincerate it when the Certificate does not offer the guarantee
required.
7.
The disposed Phytosanitary treatment shall be for the account of the
interested part in the proper place to be indicated by the Inspector of
Vegetable Quarantine.
8.
The certificate must indicate that the shipment has come from a free
zone:.................................
.......................................................
(Indicate the pest and/or diseases when such is the case)
9.
Item shall come by a means of transport submitted to refrigeration at ___oC
temperature.
10.
This phytosanitary permit is not an approval for the importation licence,
but just an indispensable requisite to guarantee the healthy state of the
vegetable products that applicant wishes to import.
11.
The importation shall to secure the specific specifications in this
document. Any variation or amendment shall annul this permit.
ANNEX IV
REGULATIONS OF ANDEAN TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK
HEALTH
Article 1:
The Andean Technical Committee of Agricultural and Livestock
Health, hereinafter to be called simply COTASA, shall be made up by the Chairmen
of the National Committees of Agricultural and Livestock Health of Member
Countries.
Said representatives shall be accredited before the Joint of the Cartagena
Agreement according to the terms of letter i) of Article 15 of the Agreement and
may attend the meetings of COTASA accompanied by the advisors they deem
necessary, both from the public and private sector.
Article 2:
The Chairmanship of COTASA shall be held by the Chief
Representative of the Member Countries, in alphabetical order, starting with
Bolivia. The Chairman shall exercise his/her functions at all meetings held
during the period between their election and the following ordinary meeting.
In the case of absence of the official representative of the country to which
the Chairman corresponds, same shall be carried out by the representative of the
subsequent country.
Article 3:
The national body to which the agricultural and livestock head is
ascribed, shall be the link between the Country Member and The Joint.
Objectives and Functions of COTASA
Article 4:
The principal objective of COTASA shall be the development and
strengthening of the Andean Agricultural and Livestock Health System (SASA),
through the coordination, cooperation, advisory counseling, interchange of
information and experience and the concerting of Subregional Regulations on
matters of Animal Health and Vegetable Health of common interest to Member
Countries.
Article 5:
Following are the functions of COTASA:
a.
To advise the Agricultural and Livestock Health agencies of the Member
Countries and the bodies of the Cartagena Agreement, on technical aspects
related to the Andean Agricultural and Livestock Health System.
b.
To serve as the consultation body and means of interchange of information
and experience, on matters of Agricultural and Livestock Health of strategic
importance to the Andean Subregion.
Article 6:
Functions of the COTASA Chairman
- To open and preside over the sessions.
- To submit the agenda for consideration and approval.
- To propose the conformation of Working Groups for activities related to the
Andean Agricultural and Livestock Health System.
- To coordinate the drawing up and implementation of the Annual Work Plan.
- To present a report on the activities carried out during the period of
their Chairmanship.
- Others assigned by COTASA.
Article 7:
Functions of the COTASA Technical Secretary in charge of The
Joint.
- To convene, prepare and coordinate the COTASA meetings.
- To present to COTASA the subjects that should be matters for their
consideration.
- To provide technical and administrative assistance on matters related to
SASA.
- To coordinate the execution of the SASA Annual Operations Plan, supervise
the compliance of same and submit annual reports to COTASA.
- To report to the Commission on matters requiring their intervention,
according to COTASA recommendations.
- To present annually to the meeting of the Agricultural and Livestock
Council, Ministers of Agriculture or the Commission, a technical-administrative
evaluation report on the development, progress and situation of SASA.
- To draft and remit the Final Reports to the meeting of COTASA and make
known to national bodies and Committees the reports and actions approved by
same.
- To present to COTASA's consideration the matters and technical claims
within its competence that originate during the carrying out of integration
processes, and to keep following them up until same are resolved.
- To keep SASA updated and attend to requests for information made to it.
NATIONAL COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK HEALTH
Article 8:
Each Member Country, with the counseling of The Joint shall create
National Committees of Animal Health and Plant Protection Services, whose
functions shall be to support the Bureaus and Head Offices of Agricultural and
Livestock Health Services in the organization and the carrying out of activities
of the Andean Agricultural and Livestock Health System and of National Programs.
The National Committees shall be composed of representatives of the official
and private sector.
Each Member Country shall decide on the frequency and the place of meetings
of the respective National Committees, as well as the procedures for adoption of
their resolutions.
Article 9:
Functions of the National Committees:
a.
To propose to COTASA matters that require its consideration.
b.
To draw up the Operative Plan and the Annual Budget for the Andean
Agricultural and Livestock Health System at the national level.
c.
To supervise the application of and compliance with Subregional and
National Sanitary Regulations.
d.
To recommend measures for exclusion and control of pests and diseases in
cases they deem advisable and supervise compliance with same.
e.
To determine the scope and effects of the measures in cases of eradication
or quarantine, local and zonal, and to present due recommendations to the
competent authorities in the cases so requiring.
f.
To design training campaigns, of dissemination and warning, for the
prevention, the control or the eradication of a disease or pest.
g.
To guide and propitiate the execution of research activities aimed at the
innovation of methods and obtaining technologies for the prevention, control and
eradication of diseases or pests.
h.
To arrange the assignment of financial resources to cover the expenses of
local campaigns in case of an emergency, and for the expenses arising from the
following activities at the local and subregional level:
- Contributions for the functioning of COTASA.
- Carrying out seminars and training courses related to the technical
application of sanitary measures.
- Reinforcing resources of technical personnel and skilled labor, that will
be in charge of carrying out the system at the national level.
- Due acquisition of equipment and inputs necessary for carrying out domestic
sanitary campaigns and cases of emergency.
i.
To designate experts to make up the Working Groups.
j.
To supervise compliance with the sending of information on SASA to the
Technical Secretariat according to the periods established in the present
Decision.
k . Other functions assigned by COTASA.
ANNEX V
Corresponding to Article 6
REGISTER OF PHYTOSANITARAY AND ZOOSANITARY REGULATIONS
OF THE ANDEAN GROUP
GENERAL INDEX OF SANITARY REGULATIONS
a)
General Sanitary Regulation
Recognized as such are all legal provisions issued on general sanitary
matters in agriculture and livestock.
b)
Specific Sanitary Regulation
Recognized as such is the legal or official provision that refers to a
concrete sanitary problem, when same is not actually related to the importation
or exportation of products.
c)
General Sanitary Regulation for Importations
Recognized as such is the legal or official provision referring in general to
matters related to the importation of agricultural and/or livestock products.
d)
Specific Sanitary Regulation for Importations
Recognized as such is the legal or official provision that refers to matters
related to the importation of agricultural or livestock products and within
these a certain specific matter.
e)
General Sanitary Regulation for Exportation
Recognized as such is the legal or official provision that refers to general
matters related to the exportation of agricultural and livestock products.
f)
Specific Sanitary Regulation for Exportation
Recognized as such is the legal or official provision that refers to specific
aspects of the exportation of agricultural and/or livestock products.
ANNEX V-1
REGISTER AND INDEX OF SANITARY REGULATIONS
(Article 8)
Folio:................. Country:............
(Enter number in digits and letters)
Zoosanitary ....................
Phytosanitary Signature and Seal of the
(Mark with an X) responsible officer
____________________________________________________________
Order Provision Approval Objectives and Classifi- Animals
Number Hierarchy Date Summary of Content cation Plant
1/ 2/ 3/ of Regulation 5/ & Products
_______________________________4/_____________________6/____
1/ Write the digit corresponding to the order number starting with number one
and immediately afterwards the lettr "R" if it is a Register
regulation, and the letter "I" if it is an Index one.
2/ Establish whether the regulation was approved by law, Supreme Decree,
Ministerial Resolution or other, and specify which.
3/ Indicate the date of approval.
4/ Express in summary form the objective and the content of the regulation.
Should same cover various chapters regarding diverse aspects, summarize each
chapter.
5/ Mark the letter that corresponds:
A = General Sanitary Regulation
B = Specific Sanitary Regulation
C = General Sanitary Regulation for Importation
D = Specific Sanitary Regulation for Importation
E = General Sanitary Regulation for Exportation
F = Specific Sanitary Regulation for Exportation
6/ Identify animals, plants, their parts, products and byproducts to which
the regulation is applicable.
Note: Use the number of pages necessary, employing the same format for each
one. Continuing from the last page, include the entire texts of all regulations
included in the list, following the same order. Each page of entire text of the
sanitary regulations should bear the signature and seal of the competent
functionary.
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