G/SPS/N/CHL/631  
23 April 2020 
(20-3214) 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  (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) : Fertile specific -pathogen -free (SPF) eggs  
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 : Fija exigencias sanitarias para la internación a Chile de 
huevos fértiles SPF  (Health requirements for the importation into Chile of fertile SPF eggs) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/S PS/CHL/28_2862_00_s.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/28_2862_01_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
The notified text establishes specific health requirements for the importation into Chile of 
fertile SPF eggs, and emphasizes the following:  
Birds that produce  SPF eggs must be free of specific pathogenic micro -organisms and 
their antibodies . This should be demonstrated through established or planned controls, in 
accordance with the following requirements:  
− The country or area of origin must be officially declared free of notifiable avian 
influenza, with this status being positively assessed by Chile.  
− It must be declared free of viscerotropic velogenic Newcastle disease by the World 
Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).  
− The farm of origin of the SPF eggs must be authorized by the Agricultur e and 
Livestock Service to export to Chile, in accordance with Exempt Resolution No. 3.138 
of 1999.  
− The farm must be free of other strains of avian influenza, and the birds that produced 
the eggs must not have been vaccinated against this disease or others.  
− It must be free of the following diseases : Salmonella Gallinarum, Salmonella 
Pullorum, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Enteritidis, Mycoplasma 
gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae, Fowl cholera, C olibacillosis, Coryza, Avian 
encephalomyelitis, Infectious bronchitis (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Arkansas and 
JMK strains), Infectious laryngotracheitis, Avian pox, Marek 's disease (Serotypes 1, 
2 and 3), Avian leucosis, Reovirus, Avian adenovirus Groups  I, II and III, Avian 
infectious anaemia, Gumboro disease, Avian nephritis, Avian rotavirus, Avian 
metapneumovirus, Avian tuberculosis, Reticuloendotheliosis, and internal parasites.  
Details can be found in the draft Resolution attached to this notificatio n. G/SPS/N/CHL/631  
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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, ident ify 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 10.4 and 10.9. 
[ ] 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 st andard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : Exempt 
Resolution No. 3.138 of 1999 (available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 40 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 : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 30 days from the date of publication of the 
notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National N otification 
Authority, [X]  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, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl