Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

Attached phytosanitary certificates:
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/PAN/22_7988_00_s.pdf
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/PAN/22_7988_00_e.pdf
Trade facilitation measure. In order to prevent interruptions to trade, Panama notifies its trading partners that it will continue to use the Generic System (GeNS) of the ePhyto solution of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) to generate and transmit Phytosanitary Certificates. During 2022, Panama has managed to exchange electronic phytosanitary certificates with important trading partners, which is why it invites others to formalize similar exchange agreements.
For those countries with which the electronic transmission of Phytosanitary Certificates has not been formalized or are not connected to the ePhyto hub, Panama will use the IPPC ePhyto GeNS System to issue paper phytosanitary certificates, which will be presented by the interested party to the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of the importing country at the point of entry. A sample of the Phytosanitary Certificate on paper generated in GeNS is included.
Due to the fact that the progressive migration from the manual system to the GeNS will take longer than expected, the previous format, also attached, will be in force during 2023.