WTO notification · SPS
PanamaProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Electronic phytosanitary certificates (Certificados Fitosanitarios Electrónicos)
Certificados Fitosanitarios Electrónicos (Electronic phytosanitary certificate).
Panama notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 12 February 2026. The comment period closed on 13 April 2026.
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Plants, products and by-products of plant origin, and other regulated items that require a phytosanitary certificate
The comment period closed on 13 April 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/PAN/113; it can take them up with Panama.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The notified document is submitted pursuant to the fact that Panama is one of the 125 countries using the Generic ePhyto National System (GeNS), through the HUB of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), to send and receive phytosanitary certificates in accordance with ISPM 12. In conformity with that standard, phytosanitary certification is used to attest that consignments meet phytosanitary import requirements and is undertaken by an NPPO. As of 1 March 2026, Panama will no longer issue paper-based phytosanitary certificates to countries using the ePhyto solution. The same measure will apply in future to countries that deploy the ePhyto solution and that are currently in the testing phase and/or registered.
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