G/TBT/N/CHL/570  
6 September  2021 
(21-6616) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero , SAG (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicate d if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores de Chile (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [.], 5.7.1 [.], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Natural 
pesticides : semiochemicals  (including allelochemicals and pheromones)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Establece 
condiciones y requisitos para la autorización de semioquímicos para el control de plagas  
(Conditions and requirements for the authoriz ation of semiochemicals for pest control) 
(34 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified measure concerns  a specific draft regulation 
establishing the conditions and requirements for the assessment and authorization of 
semiochemicals  accor ding to their particular characteristics and nature . Semiochemicals 
are chemical compounds or mixtures of chemical compounds released by plants, animals 
and other organisms, which trigger a response in the behaviour or physiology of 
organisms of the same or another species, and include allelochemicals and pheromones . 
This measure will contribute to the availability of quality inputs, by strengthening and 
expanding the spectrum for phytosanitary control, while contributing to the susta inable 
and competitive development of Chile's agriculture.  
Further details can be found in the notified document.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of animal or plant life or health  
8. Relevant documents:  
• SAG Exempt Resolution No. 1.557/2014  
• SAG Exempt Resolution No. 1.297 of 2007 
9. Proposed date of adoption : - G/TBT/N/CHL/570  
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  Proposed date of entry into force : Entry into force upon publication in the Official 
Journal  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.sag.gob.cl/content/consulta -publica-establece -condiciones -y-requisitos -
mas-informacion -aqui 
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