G/TBT/N/CHL/668  
19 December 2023  
(23-8670) 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 , SUBREI (Under -Secretariat for 
International Economic Relations) - Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Products  
falling under the responsibility of SAG , entering  into Chile through the international postal 
service.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Establece las 
disposiciones que regulan la internación a Chile de productos de compe tencia SAG a 
través del servicio postal internacional  (Provisions regulating the entry into Chile, through 
the international postal service, of products falling under the responsibility of SAG) (7 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified  text establishes provisions regulating the entry  into 
Chile, through the international postal service, of products falling under the responsibility 
of SAG . 
The SAG Resolution shall establish provisions for the review and approval or rejection of 
the entry  into Chile , through the Chilean national postal company (Correos de Chile),  of 
international postal items (letters and packages) from abroad  that contain  products 
identified as falling under the responsibility of SAG.  
Further details can be reviewed in the document attached to this notification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of animal or plant life or health  
8. Relevant documents:  
Organic Law No. 18.755 of the Agriculture and Livestock Service ; Law No. 18.164 of 1982 
of the Ministry of Finance " que introduce modificaciones a la legislación aduanera "; Law 
No. 20962 of 2016 " que aplica convención sobre el comercio internacional de especies G/TBT/N/CHL/668  
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  amenazadas de flora y fa una silvestre "; Law No. 18.016 of 1981 " que autoriza al Estado 
para transformar el Servicio de Correos y Telégrafos "; Decree -Law RRA No. 16 of 1963 
of the Ministry of Finance on animal health and protection ; Decree -Law No. 10 of 1982 of 
the Ministry of Tra nsport and Telecommunications " que crea la Empresa Correos de 
Chile"; Decree -Law No. 30 of 2004 of the Ministry of Finance " que aprueba el texto 
refundido, coordinado y sistematizado del D.F.L . Nº 213, de 1953, sobre Ordenanza de 
Aduanas "; Decree -Law No. 873 of 1975 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs " que aprueba 
convención sobre el comercio internacional de especies amenazadas de fauna y flora 
silvestres "; Decree -Law No. 3.557 of 1980 of the Ministry of Agriculture " que establece 
disposiciones sobre p rotección agrícola "; Decree No. 510 of 2016 of the Ministry of 
Agriculture " que habilita puertos para la importación de mercancías sujetas a revisión por 
parte del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero "; Decree No. 203 of 1980 of the Ministry of 
Transport and Telec ommunications " que aprueba política nacional postal "; Exempt 
Resolution No. 41 of 2013 of Correos de Chile " que aprueba condiciones generales de los 
servicios postales de la Empresa de Correos de Chile "; Exempt Resolution No. 4.467 of 
2018 of the SAG Natio nal Directorate " que regula la internación de muestras o productos 
sin fines comerciales de origen o uso animal mediante permiso de importación "; Exempt 
Resolution No. 3.132 of 2020 of the SAG National Directorate " que establece la 
destrucción de envíos po stales internacionales de Correos de Chile, para mercancías de 
competencia del SAG que no cumplan con la normativa "; Exempt Resolution No. 1.284 of 
2021 of the SAG National Directorate " que establece categorización de productos de 
origen vegetal, según su riesgo de plagas y potenciales efectos en salud animal y según 
requisitos en su condición de orgánicos y medidas de control para los mismos en 
fronteras "; Exempt Resolution No. 91 of 2022 of the SAG National Directorate " que 
establece productos de origen a nimal que no requieren visto bueno del SAG para su 
ingreso a Chile "; Exempt Resolution No. 7.773 of 2022 of the SAG National Directorate 
"que define productos de origen animal que sólo requieren presentar certificación 
sanitaria ante el SAG "; Resolution No. 7 of 2019 of the Comptroller General of the Republic 
"que Fija Normas sobre la Exención del Trámite de Toma de Razón ". 
9. Proposed date of adoption : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of entry into force : Approximately 80 days from the date of publication 
of the notification  
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 bod y: 
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales (SUBREI) - Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 2827 5250  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.sag.gob.cl/sites/default/files/7cd_ResExe_Correos_de_Chile.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/CHL/23_14739_00_s.pdf