G/SPS/GEN/1755  
20 January  2020 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
MEASURES AIMED AT ES TABLISHING REGIONALI ZATION CRITERIA  
IN RELATION TO QUARA NTINE PESTS FOR CHIL E 
COMMUNICATION FROM C HILE 
The following communication, received on 6 January  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Chile. 
 
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1.  Pursuant to Article 5, Article 6 and Annex A, paragraph 3(c) , of the Agreement on the Application 
of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Chile hereby advises WTO Member s that Exempt Resolution 
No. 2396/2018 has amended Resolution No. 3.080 of 2003 establishing regionalization criteria in 
relation to quarantine pests for Chile . The Exempt Resolution entered into force on 5 May 2018. 
2.  The amendment was made in view of the f ollowing : 
i. The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG), hereinafter referred to as either 
"the Service" or "SAG", is the national authority responsible for protecting the country's 
phytosanitary resources . 
ii. Resolution  No. 3.080 of 2003, mentioned in the citations , established regionalization 
criteria in relation to quarantine pests for Chile . 
iii. As a Member signatory to the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary 
Measures, Chile must ensure that its phytosanitary measures are in keeping wi th the 
regional characteristics of the areas from which plant products originate and for which 
they are destined.  
iv. Article VII of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC ) of 1997, to which Chile 
is a signatory, stipulates that the contracting pa rties are to establish and update lists of 
regulated pests, using scientific names, and make such lists available to the Secretary, to 
regional plant protection organizations of which they are members and, on request, to 
other contracting parties . 
v. To this end, the Service conducts pest risk analyses and regularly updates Chile's list of 
quarantine pests and hosts of quarantine pests ; these pests  are covered by  phytosanitary 
regulations whose requirements regulated articles have to meet, where applicable, in  order 
to enter the country . 
vi. The pest risk analyses conducted showed that the following pests, which are absent from 
Chile, qualify as quarantine pests  due to their high introduction and economic impact 
potential for the country : Azochis gripusalis , Pseudo coccus maritimus , Tomato Brown 
rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) and Tribolium madens . 
vii. New articles for import from new origins have been regulated by specific sanitary measures 
based on the relevant pest risk analyses, which have identified the need for regulat ion of 
new quarantine pests and hosts of quarantine pests for both continental and insular Chile.  G/SPS/GEN/1755  
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  viii. The presence of the pest Oligonychus ununguis  has been reported in the country a s a 
result of activities  conducted under  SAG's  agricultural and forest ry phytosanitary 
surveillance programme . 
3.  In light of the foregoing , the National Director  of the Service  has decided as follows : 
i. To amend  SAG Resolution No. 3.080 of 2003 "establish ing regionalization criteria in 
relation to quarant ine pests for Chile"  by: 
ii. Adding the following pest, alphabetically, with its respective host s/regulated article s, to 
Article 20, under COLEOPTERA : 
PEST  HOST/REGULATED ARTICLE  
Tribolium madens  Polyphagous : grains and other stored products  
iii. Adding the following pest, alphabetically, with its respective host s/regulated article s, to 
Article 20, under HEMIPTERA : 
PEST HOST /REGULATED ARTICLE  
Pseudococcus maritimus  Actinidia chinensis , Citrus spp., Malus 
domestica , Prunus avium , Prunus domestica , 
Prunus persica, Pyrus communis , Vitis spp. 
iv. Adding the following pest, alphabetically, with its respective host s/regulated article s, to 
Article 20, under LEPIDOPTERA : 
PEST HOST/REGULATED ARTICLE  
Azochis gripusalis  Ficus carica  
v. Adding the following pest, alphabetically, with its respective hosts/regulated articles, to 
Article 20, under VIRUS ES AND VIROIDS:  
PEST HOST/REGULATED ARTICLE  
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus 
(ToBRFV)  Capsicum annum , Solanum lycopersicum  
vi. Replacing the term Scutellonema brachyurum  with Scutellonema brachyurus  in Article  20, 
under NEMATODES . 
vii. Replacing the term "Grapevine red blotch -associated virus" with "Grapevine red blotch 
virus (synonym : Grapevine red blotch -associated virus)" i n Article 20, under VIRUSES 
AND VIROIDS . 
viii. Remov ing the following pest and its respective hosts/regulated articles from Article 20, 
under  MITES : 
PEST HOST/REGULATED ARTICLE  
Oligonychus ununguis  Coniferales , Castanea crenata , Quercus spp. G/SPS/GEN/1755  
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  4.  The text of the Resolution  may be requested by email from Chile's SPS contact point  
(sps.chile@sag.gob.cl).  
5.  Lastly, Chile wishes to state that this communication is being made for the purposes of 
transparency, without prejudice to the country's rights and obligations unde r the SPS Agreement.  
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