G/SPS/N/CHL/701  
25 October  2021 
(21-8054) 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) : Unrooted Vitis spp. cuttings  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : European Union  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para 
estacas sin enraizar de Vitis spp. procedentes de los países miembros de la Unión Europea 
y modifica la Resolución N° 7.243 de 2012  (Phytosanitary import requirements for 
unrooted Vitis spp. cuttings from European Union member States and amendment to 
Resolution No. 7.243 of 2012) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_6727_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : Following the pest risk analysis (PRA) carried out for unr ooted 
Vitis spp. cuttings from European Union member States, new quarantine pests associated 
with this pathway have been identified . As a result, it has been deemed necessary by SAG 
to update the phytosanitary import requirements and lay down phytosanitary  measures to 
reduce the risk of these pests entering the country.  
The additional declarations provided for  in the operative part of the draft regulation are 
practical to apply and are also consistent with both the biological characteristics of the 
regulated pests and the risk associated with the pathway for each type of pest . 
Furthermore, SAG has assessed and accepted, as an alternative to immersion treatment 
against insects and mites for Vitis spp. cuttings, the application of a specific phosphine -
based (PH3) treatment proposed by France's national plant protection organization for use 
on unrooted Vitis spp. c uttings from European Union member States.  
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 disea se, [ ] 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) : G/SPS/N/CHL/701  
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  [ ] 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 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.  
− ISPM No. 20: Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system (FAO, 
2004), IPPC  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standa rd? 
[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:  
− Resolution No. 7.243 of 2012, Establece requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de 
material de reproducción que se indica, procedentes de los Estados miembros de la 
Comunidad Europea y deroga Resoluciones N° 6.067 de 2005 y 1.989 de 2006 . 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_6727_01_s.pdf  
− Resolution No. 5.410 of 2015, Modifica Resolución Nº 7.243, de 2012, que establece 
requisitos fitosanita rios para la importación de material de reproducción que se indica, 
procedente de los Estados miembros de la Comunidad Europea . 
− Resolution No. 6.753 of 2017, Modifica las Resoluciones que se indican respecto de la 
Comunidad Europea como medida emergencial contra la plaga Xylella fastidiosa . 
(available in Spanish)  
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) : 24 December 2 021 
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