G/SPS/N/CHL/626  
8 April 2020 
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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) : Fresh cassava ( Manihot esculenta ) roots for consumption  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Bolivia  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece Requisitos Fitosanitarios de Importación para 
Raíces Frescas de Yuca (Manihot Esculenta) para consumo, procedente de Bolivia  
(Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation of fresh cassava ( Manihot 
esculenta ) roots for consumption from Bolivia) Language(s) : Spanish Number of 
pages:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/20_2494_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes the following phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation of fresh cassava ( Manihot esculenta ) roots for 
consumption from Bolivia:  
1. Consignments must include an official phytosanitary certificate (original copy) issued 
by the phytosanitary authority of Bolivia, containing the following additional 
declaration : "The consignment has been insp ected and is free from Dysmicoccus 
brevipes ". 
2. The phytosanitary certificate must indicate the unique SENASAG code used by the 
cassava root producer, exporter and packing or processing facility.  
3. The phytosanitary certificate must indicate the SENASAG seal/l abel used to secure 
the means of transport or consignment.  
4. Before the start of the first export season, SAG, in coordination with SENASAG, will 
send inspectors to Bolivia to assess and certify in situ the proper functioning of 
production sites and packing plants.  
Exporters will be responsible for paying all the expenses incurred by SAG personnel 
during the inspection.  
5. Producers and exporters of fresh cassava ( Manihot esculenta ) roots must be 
registered and authorized by SENASAG and have a unique identificat ion code.  
Fresh cassava root packing or processing facilities must be registered and authorized 
by SENASAG and have a unique identification code.  
6. Consignments must be washed and free of soil, leaves, flowers and plant remains.  G/SPS/N/CHL/626  
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  7. Consignments must be sent in new, unused packaging (repackaging is not permitted) 
and must be labelled or marked in accordance with current regulations . Each box 
must display  at least the following information:  country of origin ; scientific and 
common name of product ; code/name of place of production ; code/name of packing 
plant. 
8. Wood used for packaging, pallets and dunnage must comply with the "Guidelines for 
regulating wood packaging material in international trade" (International Standards 
for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 15). 
9. The packaging materials used must allow for potential quarantine treatments to be 
carried out at points of entry.  
10. Each shipment shall be inspected by SAG, at the point of entry, in order to ensure 
that the physical and documentary import requirements hav e been met . Upon the 
detection of quarantine pests listed in Resolution No. 3.080 of 2003 and its 
amendments, or of unlisted pests that are potentially quarantine pests according to 
the risk assessment, phytosanitary risk management measures may be applied  in 
accordance with the identified risk.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] 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. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No.) : ISPM Nos. 1, 2 
and 20  
[ ] 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) : 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 ): 7 June 2 020: 60 days from the date of publication 
of the notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  G/SPS/N/CHL/626  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl