G/TBT/N/CHL/582  
14 December  2021 
(21-9306) 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 : Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero , SAG (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service)  
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 indicate d if different 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) : Fertilizers 
and biostimulants  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Establece 
contenidos mínimos de elementos nutricionales y contenidos máximos de elementos 
contaminantes en fertilizantes y bioestimulantes  (Minimum nutritional content and 
maximum contaminant content of fertilizers and biostimulants) (16 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes the minimum levels of nutrients  
that fertilizers and biostimulants must contain in order  to ensure that the inputs  described 
in the notified measure have a nutritional impact on crops.  
It also establishes the maximum levels of contaminants that fertilizers and biostimulants 
may contain (cadmium, arsenic, lead, mercury, chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, faecal 
coliforms, Escherichia coli , Salmonella  spp and helminth eggs) ; if these levels are 
exceeded, they will represent a risk to human, animal or plant health.  
Further d etails can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of animal or plant 
life or healt h; Protection of the environment.  
8. Relevant documents : Law No. 21.349 establishing standards for the composition, 
labelling and marketing of fertilizers and biostimulants.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - G/TBT/N/CHL/582  
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  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:  
Subsecretar ía 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  
 
https://www.minagri.gob.cl/c onsulta -publica -proyecto -de-reglamento -de-la-ley-n-
21349 -y-resoluciones -complementarias/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/CHL/21_7708_00_s.pdf