Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Information on the recognition of fruit fly free areas - Communication from Argentina
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- 2012/08/21
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World Trade
Organization G/SPS/GEN/1178
20 July 2012 (123891) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish
INFORMATION ON THE RECOGNITION OFFRUIT FLYFREE AREAS
Communication from Argentina
The following communication, received on 10 July 2012, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Argentina.
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INTRODUCTION
The Fruit Fly Eradication Programme (PROCEM) became operational in the province of Mendoza in 1992. It comprises the following:
A highly sensitive permanent network, consisting of 4,600 traps, for the detection of Ceratitis capitata, Anastrepha fraterculus and other exotic fruit flies not present in Argentina;
a quarantine protection system consisting of land and air checkpoints located at points of entry into the province, the purpose of which is to prevent the entry of infested fruit;
control activities based on the use of the sterile insect technique and supplemented by chemical and