G/SPS/N/CHL/678  
25 May 2021 
(21-4314) 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) : Plant propagation material in the form of in vitro  tissue cultures of 
fruit-bearing species, vegetables, industrial crops, o rnamental species and forest species  
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 : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación de 
material vegetal de propagación como cultivo de tejido in vitro, de especies frutales, 
hortalizas, cultivos industriales, ornamentales y forestales, procedentes de todo origen y 
deroga resolución n° 633 de 2003  (Phytosanita ry requirements for the importation of 
plant propagation material in the form of in vitro  tissue cultures of fruit -bearing species, 
vegetables, industrial crops, ornamental species and forest species, of any origin, and 
repeal of Resolution No. 633 of 2003 ) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 35 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_3617_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text e stablishes phytosanitary requirements for the 
importation of plant propagation material in the form of in vitro  tissue cultures of fruit -
bearing species, vegetables, industrial crops, ornamental species and forest species, of 
any origin, and repeals Resolu tion No. 633 of 2003.  
Twelve new species, identified under point 6 of the Considerando  section of the draft 
Resolution, have been incorporated . Information on the type of post -entry quarantine to 
be undergone by each plant species has been added to the table in Article 5 . Article 9 of 
the Resolution has also been supplemented by a specification of the type of quarantine 
to be undergone by the in vitro materials from countries free from the indicated pests, as 
well as by those in vitro  materials that are hosts of Candidatus Liberibacter africanus , Ca. 
Liberibacter americanus , Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus (Huanglongbing),  Erwinia amylovora 
and Xylella fastidiosa , based on  point 10 of the Considerando  section . Moreover, the 
quarantine requirement for the horti cultural species  Brassica oleracea var. botrytis and 
Solanum tuberosum  has been updated.  
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 disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CHL/678  
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  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 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 fo r 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 th e 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 : 
Resolucion exenta 633/2003 : Establece requisitos para la importacion de material vegetal 
como cultivo de tejido in vitro y deroga resolucion que indica . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Approxi mately 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 July 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.go b.cl