G/SPS/N/CHL/648  
16 October  2020 
(20-7155) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero , SAG (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Nuts of Corylus avellana  (in-shell and shelled)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Turkey  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos de importación para frutos secos 
con y sin cáscara de Corylus avellana (avellana), procedentes de Turquía  (Import 
requirements for in -shell and shelled nuts of Corylus avellana (hazelnuts) from Turkey) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 5 
https://members .wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/20_6190_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes phytosanitary requirements for the 
importation of in -shell and shelled nuts of Corylus avellana  (hazelnuts) from Turkey.  
To enter the country, a shipment must be covered by an official phytosanitary certificate 
issued by the phytosanitary authority of the country of origin, with an additional 
declaration that the shipment has undergone phytosanitary treatment (methyl bromide ) 
for the control of Curculio nucum  (Col: Curculionidae) and Trogoderma granarium  (Col: 
Dermestidae) . The treatment must be specified in Section III of the phytosanitary 
certificate, together with the product, dose, exposure time, product temperature and d ate 
of treatment, as appropriate . The treatment indicated in the draft resolution alongside 
other specifications will be accepted as a phytosanitary treatment for the control of 
Curculio nucum  (Col: Curculionidae) and Trogoderma granarium  (Col: Dermestidae).  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from  
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : G/SPS/N/CHL/648  
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : - ISPM No. 1: 
"Phytosanitary principles for the protection of plants and the application of 
phytosanitary measures in international trade" (FAO, 2006), IPPC.  
- ISPM No. 2: "Guidelines for pest risk analysis" (FAO, 2006), IPPC.  
- ISPM No. 11: "Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests", given that a pest risk analysis 
was carried out prior to the establishment of requirements.  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in  which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Approximately 80 days from the date of 
circulation of the notification  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 December 2 020 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Email:  sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email:  sps.chile@sag.gob.cl