G/TBT/N/CHL/544  
30 November  2020 
(20-8615) 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 : Ministerio de Agricultura (Ministry of Agriculture)  
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 indicated if diffe rent 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) : Meat of 
bovine animals  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Modifica Decreto 
Supremo N° 239 de 1993, del Ministerio de Agricultura, que aprueba reglamento general 
del sistema obligatorio de clasificación de ganado, tipificación, marca y comercializaci ón 
de carne bovina  (Amendment to Supreme Decree No. 239 of 1993 of the Ministry of 
Agriculture approving the general regulations of the compulsory system for livestock 
classification and the grading, marking and marketing of beef) (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The purpose of the notified draft amendment to the general 
regulations of the compulsory system for livestock classification and the grading, marking 
and marketing of beef is to modify the labelling requirements for domestic and im ported 
packaged beef, by eliminating the requirement to include the grading category on 
packaged subprimal cuts . Moreover, it provides for the application of a compulsory stamp 
to be used exclusively for meat from animals born, reared and slaughtered in Ch ile, and 
two voluntary stamps that may only be used on meat that already has the compulsory 
stamp . In other words, both stamps are requirements for domestic meat only . The 
foregoing seeks to foster regulatory harmonization between Chile and the rest of the  
world, provide consumers with more information and enhance the effectiveness of 
monitoring by public services.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Quality requirements.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Decreto 239 vigente : Reglamento General del Sistema Obligatorio de Clasificación 
de ganado, tipificación, marca y comercialización de carne bovina . G/TBT/N/CHL/544  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
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  
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