G/SPS/N/CHL/735  
8 August  2022 
(22-5860) 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) : Feathers, bristles, horsehair and animal hair  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de resolución que fija exigencias para la 
internación de plumas, cerdas, crines y pelos de animales y deroga resolución  que indica  
(Draft Resolution establishing entry requirements for feathers, bristles, horsehair and 
animal hair , and repealing the Resolution indicated) Language(s) : Spanish Number of 
pages : 4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHL/22_5193_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft measure establishes the following sanitary 
requirements for the entry into Chile of feathers, bristles, horsehair and animal hair : 
1. For feathers and down from poultry, the health status of the animals' place of 
provenance must be taken into consideration, in accordance with World Organisation 
for Animal Health recommendations . This health status mus t be approved by the 
Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) ; alternatively, feathers and down must have 
undergone one of the specified treatments.  
2. For hair and bristles from swine, the health status of the animals' place of provenance 
must be taken into c onsideration . The place of provenance must be recognized as 
free from classical swine fever by the World Organisation for Animal Health and must 
meet World Organisation for Animal Health recommendations for African swine fever . 
In both cases, SAG must approve this status ; alternatively hair and bristles from 
swine must have undergone one of the specified treatments.  
3. For horsehair and hair from animals other than swine, the required treatments are 
those specified . 
4. Certain requirements are indicated conce rning packaged goods and the information 
to be displayed on packaging.  
5. Regarding transport, goods must be transported in such a way as to ensure that 
sanitary conditions are maintained . This will  prevent goods from  coming into contact 
with any source of th e pathogens referred to in the measure.  
6. The measure specifies the information to be included on official certificate s, which 
must be issued by the relevant health authority.  
7. The measure also refers to the checks that products may be required to undergo upo n 
arrival.  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  G/SPS/N/CHL/735  
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  7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] 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) : 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapters 8.8, 10.4, 10.9, 15.1 and 
15.2. of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal 
Health.  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[ ] 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) : 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) : 60 days after the date of 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 October 2 022 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and emai l 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