G/SPS/N/CHL/693  
23 August  2021 
(21-6350) 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 , 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) : Kiwi fruit ( Actinidia  spp.) pollen  
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 : Modifica Resolución N° 4.912 de 2004 que establece 
requisitos fitosanitarios de ingreso para polen de las especies que indica (Amendment to 
Resolution No. 4.912 of 2004 establishing phytosanitary requirements governing the 
importation of pollen of the indicated species) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 
3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_5309_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : This measure amends Resolution No. 4.912 of 2004 as follows:  
1.1. The additional declaration for Actinidia  spp. pollen has been replaced with the 
following in the table in Resolve 1.1.:  
SPECIES : Actinidia  spp. 
Additional declaration to be specified in the phytosanitary certificate : Pseudomonas 
syringae  pv. actinidiae , excluding biovar 3, is not present in (insert country of origin).  
1.2. Resolve 2 has been replaced by the following:  
 "2. An alternative additional declaration stating that the pollen comes from a country 
free from the pest will also be accepted."  
1.3. Resolve 5 has been replaced by the follow ing: 
 "5. For countries in which Pseudomonas syringae  pv. actinidiae , excluding biovar 3, is 
present and that wish to export Actinidia  spp. pollen to Chile, the exporting country's 
national plant protection organization (NPPO) shall be required to send, in  advance, 
official information on the control measures, monitoring and regulations relating to the 
pest in the country, and specifications on the method of obtaining the pollen and on 
phytosanitary treatments to control the disease, if any are applied.  
 Following the assessment of the information sent by the NPPO and, if it is sufficient 
and meets the requirements, the SAG will authorize the importation of pollen from 
that origin by issuing a resolution on a case -by-case basis, upon request by the 
importer. " 
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  G/SPS/N/CHL/693  
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  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. 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 1: P hytosanitary principles for the protection of plants and the application 
of phytosanitary measures in international trade  
− ISPM 20: G uidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system  
[ ] 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 : 
Resolución  N° 4.912 de 2004 Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de ingreso para polen de 
las especies que indica y deroga Resolución Nº 937 de 1990  
http://bcn.cl/2f6st  (available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date  of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 17 August 2 021 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 17 August 2 021 The measure was published in the Official Journal of the 
Republic of Chile and entered into force on 17 August 2 021. 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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