G/SPS/N/CHL/614  
10 December  2019 
(19-8514) 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) : Biological control agents  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All tra ding partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Netherlands  
5. Title of the notified document : Autoriza a Centro de Producción Koppert B.V. el ingreso 
de los controladores biológicos que se indican  (Authoriz ing the Koppert B.V. production 
centre to export  certain  biological control agents) Language(s) : Spanish Number of 
pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHL/19_7040_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes that  the Koppert B.V.  production 
centre has been granted authorization by  SAG to export certain  biological control agents  
to Chile . It also establishes the authorization requirements and conditions governing the 
entry into Chile of biological control agents.  
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.) : 
- International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 1: 
Phytosanitary principles for the protection of plants and the application of 
phytosanitary measures in international trade (FAO, 2006), International Plant 
Protection Convention (IPPC);  
- ISPM No. 2: Guidelines for pest risk analysis (FAO, 2006), IPPC, and ISPM No. 
11: Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests, given that a pest risk analysis was 
carried out prior to the establishment of the  requirements;  G/SPS/N/CHL/614  
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  - ISPM No. 20: Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system (FAO, 
2004), IPPC.  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why i t 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) : 29 November 2 019 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 5 December 2 019 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 5 December 2 019 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if ava ilable) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
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