G/SPS/N/CHL/599/Rev.2  
20 November  2019 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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) : Horses  
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 el retorno a Chile de 
equinos que salen temporalmente y deroga Resolución N° 5534 de 2007  (Health 
requirements governing the return to Chile of horses that have left the country 
temporarily, and repeal of Resolution No. 5534 of 2007) Language(s) : Spanish Number 
of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHL/19_6458_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
− The notified text establishes health requirements for horses that are returning to Chile 
after leaving the country temporarily, for no longer than 60 days, to participate in 
competitions or other events . It does not apply to horses that have left the country 
for breeding purposes . If the horses have been away from Chile for longer than 60 
days, they must comply with th e requirements established for horses entering 
definitively or under the dual hemisphere shuttle system.  
− The country or area where the horses were temporarily kept must be declared officially 
free of African horse sickness by the World Organisation for Ani mal Health (OIE).  
− The enclosure where the animals were kept must be free of:  
o Equine Infectious Anaemia, equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern and Western) and 
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis for 90 days prior to shipment;  
o Glanders for six months prior to s hipment;  
o Rabies for 12 months prior to shipment.  
− Horses must have been kept in an approved enclosure and been under official 
monitoring during their stay in the country, and had no direct contact with horses 
outside the competition or been used for breedin g activities.  
− Animals must be clinically healthy at the time of shipment back to Chile.  
− The transportation of animals to the place of shipment must be officially monitored 
under the conditions established by this Resolution.  G/SPS/N/CHL/599/Rev.2  
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  − Any treatments for and/or vacci nations against infectious and contagious diseases 
notifiable to the IOE that were administered during the event must be recorded in the 
health certificate and include all relevant information.  
− Animals must bear an official health certificate, issued by th e competent health 
authority in the host country at the time of shipment . The certificate, which must be 
issued in Spanish and in the official language of the host country, must attest to 
compliance with the health requirements established in this Resoluti on. 
− Animals must be identified by a microchip that complies with ISO Standard No. 11784 
and can be read using a reader compatible with ISO Standard No. 11785.  
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, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or seri al 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) : 
o Chapter 4.16 . High health status horse subpopulation  
o Chapter 8.1 . Anthrax  
o Chapter 8.10 . Japanese  encephalitis  
o Chapter 8.12 . New world screwworm ( Cochliomyia hominivorax ) and old 
world screwworm ( Chrysomya bezziana ) 
o Chapter 8.14 . Infection with rabies virus  
o Chapter 8.15 . Infection with Rift Valley fever virus  
o Chapter 8.19 . West Nile fever  
o Chapter 12.1 . Infection with African horse sickness virus  
o Chapter 12.2 . Contagious equine metritis  
o Chapter 12.3 . Dourine  
o Chapter 12.4 . Equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern and Western)  
o Chapter 12.5 . Equine infectious anaemia  
o Chapter 12.6 . Infection with equin e influenza virus  
o Chapter 12.7 . Equine piroplasmosis  
o Chapter 12.8 . Infection with equid herpesvirus -1 (Equine rhinopneumonitis)  
o Chapter 12.9 . Infection with equine arteritis virus  
o Chapter 12.10 . Infection with Burkholderia mallei  (Glanders)  
o Chapter 12.11 . Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis  
[ ] 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 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) : 40 days from t he 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  G/SPS/N/CHL/599/Rev.2  
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  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 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.gob.cl