WTO notification · SPS
UruguayUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceEmergency
Official title
Resolución de la Dirección General de Servicios Ganaderos del Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca No 247/2025, del 21 de agosto de 2025 - Medidas sanitarias aplicadas a la República Argentina en todo su territorio, por brote de influenza aviar de alta patogenicidad (Resolution of the Directorate-General of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries No. 247/2025 of 21 August 2025 – Sanitary measures applied to the entire territory of the Argentine Republic
Uruguay issued an addendum on 13 October 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/URY/98. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 25 August 2025.
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Live birds (including day-old chicks), hatching eggs, semen, eggs for human consumption, fresh poultry meat, non-treated meat products of avian origin, non-treated egg products, non-treated feathers and down
Latest notice (G/SPS/N/URY/98/Add.1, 13 October 2025)
Resolution of the Directorate-General of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries No. 247/2025 of 21 August 2025 - Sanitary measures applied to the entire territory of the Argentine Republic, following an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza Uruguay hereby advises that Resolution of the Directorate-General of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries No. 306/2025, of 10 October 2025, repeals, as of 1 October 2025, the te
Resolution of the Directorate-General of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries No. 247/2025 of 21 August 2025 - Sanitary measures applied to the entire territory of the Argentine Republic, following an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza Uruguay hereby advises that Resolution of the Directorate-General of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries No. 306/2025, of 10 October 2025, repeals, as of 1 October 2025, the temporary suspension of imports from the Argentine Republic of live birds, including day-old chicks, hatching eggs, eggs for human consumption, semen, fresh poultry meat, meat products of avian origin, egg products and non-treated feathers and down, as provided for in Resolution DGSG No. 247/025 of 21 August 2025, and also repeals Resolution DGSG No. 300/025 of 7 October 2025.
The notified Resolution establishes the temporary suspension of imports from the Argentine Republic of live birds (including day-old chicks), hatching eggs, semen, eggs for human consumption, fresh poultry meat, non-treated meat products of avian origin, non-treated egg products and non-treated feathers and down. The following measures are also regulated: The suspension will remain in force until such time that an updated sanitary risk assessment has been carried out by the Directorate-General, in accordance with established international protocols. The suspension does not apply to safe commodities, or to meat products of avian origin and egg products that have undergone heat treatment ensuring the inactivation of the virus, as provided for in Chapter 10.4, 'Infection with high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses', of the WOAH Terrestrial Animal Health Code. The suspension does not apply to fresh poultry meat with production dates before 19 July of the current year, provided that such meat has remained segregated from other batches that do not have the same sanitary status. Imports of poultry genetics from compartments authorized by SENASA and approved by the DGSG will be permitted, provided that the additional measures required by the DGSG are met, in order to mitigate the risk of introducing the virus into Uruguayan territory.G/SPS/N/URY/98- 2 - Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.
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AddendumG/SPS/N/URY/98/Add.1Emergency measure
Resolution of the Directorate-General of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries No. 247/2025 of 21 August 2025 - Sanitary measures applied to the entire territory of the Argentine Republic, following an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza Uruguay hereby advises that Resolution of the Directorate-General of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries No. 306/2025, of 10 October 2025, repeals, as of 1 October 2025, the te
Resolution of the Directorate-General of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries No. 247/2025 of 21 August 2025 - Sanitary measures applied to the entire territory of the Argentine Republic, following an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza Uruguay hereby advises that Resolution of the Directorate-General of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries No. 306/2025, of 10 October 2025, repeals, as of 1 October 2025, the temporary suspension of imports from the Argentine Republic of live birds, including day-old chicks, hatching eggs, eggs for human consumption, semen, fresh poultry meat, meat products of avian origin, egg products and non-treated feathers and down, as provided for in Resolution DGSG No. 247/025 of 21 August 2025, and also repeals Resolution DGSG No. 300/025 of 7 October 2025.
Emergency notificationG/SPS/N/URY/98Emergency measure
Resolución de la Dirección General de Servicios Ganaderos del Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca No 247/2025, del 21 de agosto de 2025 - Medidas sanitarias aplicadas a la República Argentina en todo su territorio, por brote de influenza aviar de alta patogenicidad (Resolution of the Directorate-General of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries No. 247/2025 of 21 August 2025 – Sanitary measures applied to the entire territory of the Argentine Republic
The notified Resolution establishes the temporary suspension of imports from the Argentine Republic of live birds (including day-old chicks), hatching eggs, semen, eggs for human consumption, fresh poultry meat, non-treated meat products of avian origin, non-treated egg products and non-treated feathers and down. The following measures are also regulated: The suspension will remain in force until such time that an updated sanitary risk assessment has been carried out by the Directorate-General, in accordance with established international protocols. The suspension does not apply to safe commodities, or to meat products of avian origin and egg products that have undergone heat treatment ensuring the inactivation of the virus, as provided for in Chapter 10.4, 'Infection with high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses', of the WOAH Terrestrial Animal Health Code. The suspension does not apply to fresh poultry meat with production dates before 19 July of the current year, provided that such meat has remained segregated from other batches that do not have the same sanitary status. Imports of poultry genetics from compartments authorized by SENASA and approved by the DGSG will be permitted, provided that the additional measures required by the DGSG are met, in order to mitigate the risk of introducing the virus into Uruguayan territory.G/SPS/N/URY/98- 2 - Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.
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