G/SPS/N/CHL/602  
6 August 2019  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
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) : Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum  = Lycopersicum esculentum ) and 
paprika and chilli pepper ( Capsicum annuum ) seeds  
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 : Resolución exenta Nº5464/2019 / Modifica resolución 
exenta  Nº7675 de 2016 que establece requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de 
semillas de especies hortícolas, chacras, aromáticas y medicinales, procedentes de todo 
origen, en el sentido de establecer medidas de emergencia para prevenir el ingreso de 
tomato brown rugose fruit virus (TOBRFV) y deroga resolución exenta N°4.540/2019  
(Exempt Resolution No. 5464/2019 amending Exempt Resolution No. 7675 of 2016, which 
sets forth phytosanitary requirements for the importation of seeds, of any origin, of fruit 
and vegetable crops and aromatic and medicinal plant species, in that it establishes 
emergency measures to prevent the entry of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) 
and repeals Exempt Resolution No. 4.540/2019) . Language(s) : Spanish Number of 
pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHL/19_4341_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : Resolution No. 7.675 of 2016, which sets forth phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation into Chile of tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum  = 
Lycopersicum esculentum ) and paprika and chilli pepper ( Capsicum annuum ) seeds, is 
amended as follows:  
1.1. The species Capsicum annuum  (var. longum , grossum ) is deleted from the table in 
Article 1.  
1.2. The following text is added after Capparis  spp.: 
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SPECIES:  
Capsicum annuum  
ADDITIONAL DECLARATION:  
1.1 The consignment has been treated for the control of Colletotrichum acutatum  and 
Colletotrichum capsici , with the treatment specified in the corresponding section of the 
phytosanitary certificate, or  G/SPS/N/CHL/602  
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  1.2 The consignment is from a nursery that was inspected during the active growth period 
and found to be free from Colletotrichum acutatum  and Colletotrichum capsici . 
AND 
2.1 The consignment is from a nursery that was inspected and analysed by means of 
[indicate diagnostic technique] during the active growth period and found to be free from 
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), or  
2.2 The consignment is free from Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), as per the 
results of an official laboratory analysis, with an indication of the diagnostic technique 
used.  
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1.3. The additional declarations in the table in A rticle 1 for Solanum lycopersicum  
(=Lycopersicon esculentum ) and Lycopersicon esculentum  x Lycopersicon hirsutum  are 
replaced with the following:  
__________________________  
SPECIES:  
Solanum lycopersicum  (=Lycopersicon esculentum ) 
Lycopersicon esculentum  x Lycopersicon hirsutum  
ADDITIONAL DECLARATION:  
1.1 The consignment is from a nursery that was inspected and analysed by means of 
[indicate diagnostic technique] during the active growth period and found to be free from 
Potato spindle tuber viro id (PSTVd) and Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), or  
The consignment is free from Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) and Tomato brown 
rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), as per the results of an official laboratory analysis, with an 
indication of the diag nostic technique used.  
__________________________  
2. The notified Resolution will enter into effect 30 days after its publication in the Chilean 
Official Journal.  
3. Consignments that are en route to Chile with a certification dated prior to the WTO 
notification of the publication of the resolution may be analysed in the official SAG 
laboratory . The analysis will be conducted on seedlings, at the importer's expense.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action : Urgent action is 
needed, as:  
• Tomato brown rug ose fruit virus (ToBRFV) was first reported in Jordan in 2015, after 
which it quickly spread to other countries of the world, with seeds being one of the 
main long -distance transmission channels through outside contamination.  
• The SAG carried out a pest ris k analysis for ToBRFV and determined that it is a 
quarantine pest for Chile and that one of the pest's possible pathways of introduction 
are tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum =Lycopersicum esculentum ) and paprika and 
chilli pepper ( Capsicum annum ) seeds.  
• The ex isting SAG regulations on the importation  of tomato, paprika and chilli pepper 
seeds do not provide for risk mitigation for ToBRFV . It is therefore necessary to 
amend Resolution No. 7.675 of 2016, which sets forth phytosanitary requirements 
for the importation  of seeds, of any origin, of fruit and vegetable crops and aromatic 
and medicinal plant species.  G/SPS/N/CHL/602  
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  9. 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) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No. ) ISPM Nos. 1 and 
2 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed re gulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable) : 6 
September 2 019 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. 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