G/SPS/N/CHL/772  
9 November  2023 
(23-7560) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved : Chile 
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) : Dragon fruit plants and cuttings ( Hylocereus costaricensis  and 
Hylocereus undatus ) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : South Africa  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para 
plantas y esquejes de pitahaya (Hylocereus costaricensis e Hylocereus undatus) 
procedentes Sudáfrica  (Phytosanitary import requirements for dragon fruit ( Hylocereus 
costaricensis  and Hylocereus undatus ) plants and cuttings from South Africa) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/CHL/23_13383_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Resolution establis hes phytosanitary import 
requirements for rooted and unrooted Hylocereus costaricensis  and Hylocereus undatus  
plants and cuttings from South Africa for use as propagation material . The consignment 
must have undergone an effective disinfestation treatment a gainst insects or mites, 
through immersion or spraying, with products authorized in the country of origin, and the 
phytosanitary certificate must state, in the section on treatment, the date of treatment, 
the active ingredient of the product, the method of  application (immersion or spraying) 
and the dose used . The requirements will be verified during the phytosanitary inspection 
at the point of entry.  
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.  
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) : G/SPS/N/CHL/772  
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : ISPM Nos. 1, 2 
and 20  
[ ] 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 notifica tion 
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) : 8 January 2 024 
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 numbe r and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl