G/SPS/N/CHL/713  
20 December  2021 
(21-9493) 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) : Fresh cape gooseberries ( Physalis peruviana ) and pitahaya 
(Selenicerus megalantus ) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Colombia  
5. Title of the notified document : Resolución Exenta Nº : 8033/2021 Modifica la 
Resolución N° 2.464 de 2004, establece requisitos de ingreso desde Colombia, de frutos 
frescos de Uchuva y Pitahaya  (Exempt Resolution No. 8033/2021 amending Resolution 
No. 2.464 of 2004, which lays down requirements for the importation of fresh cape 
gooseberries and pitahaya from Colombia ) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_7879_01_s.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_7879_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified measure amends Article 1.2.8 of Resolution No. 
2.464 of 2004, modifying the work plan and no longer requiring SAG to conduct on -site 
verification and testing of quarantine treatment chambers for the fruits and country 
indicated that have participated in the most recent season and that request a renewal, 
replacing it with a documentary renewal and delegating on -site verification activities to 
the Colombian Agricultural Institute  (ICA). 
SAG will continue to conduct on -site verification and issue authorizations for quarantine 
treatment chambers that are participating for the first time or whose operat ions have 
been interrupted for a season or more, with the ICA called upon to conduct annual 
inspections thereafter.  
Lastly, for the renewal of authorizations for chambers authorized by SAG whose 
operations have not been interrupted, the ICA must submit off icial technical reports, with 
the background information detailed in the attached Resolution, to SAG for analysis . 
Those reports will be assessed before a decision is made on whether or not to issue the 
relevant authorization.  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
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.  G/SPS/N/CHL/713  
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  8. Is there a r elevant 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 No. 1: Phytosanitary principles for the protection of plants and the 
application of phytosanitary measures in international trade (FAO, 2006), IPPC  
- ISPM No. 20: Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system (FAO, 
2004), IPPC  
[ ] 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 
internation al standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : Exempt 
Resolution No. 2464/2004 establishing requirements for the importation of fresh cape 
gooseberries and pitahaya from Colombia (available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 20 December 2 021 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 20 December 2 021 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 20 December 2 021 
[X] Trade facilitating mea sure 
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