G/SPS/N/CHL/617  
9 January 2020  
(20-0201) 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): Grains, seeds and other products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to th e extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Canada  
5. Title of the notified document: Modifica resolución Nº 2.677 de 1999 que establece 
regulaciones de importación para granos y otros productos, destinado s a consumo e 
industrialización  (Amendment to Resolution No. 2.677 of 1999 establishing import 
regulations for grains, seeds and other products for consumption and processing) 
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages:  5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/20_0066_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: In accordance with the provisions of Resolution No. 3.815 of 
2003 of the  Agriculture and Livestock Service  (SAG), a pest risk analysis has been 
conducted for canola ( Brassica napus  L.) seeds originating in Canada. This has made it 
possible to establish the relevant phytosanitary requirements. SAG has also conducted a 
pest risk analysis for Tribolium madens , which determined that this pest  is a quarantine 
pest for Chile and that canola (Brassica napus  L.) seeds are one of its possible pathways 
of introduction. Furthermore, through oversight, phosphine treatment agains t insects of 
the Bruchi dae family and Prostephanus truncatus  (Coleoptera Bostrichidae ) and the 
alternative treatment for cases in which treatments against Trogoderma granarium  and 
insects of the Bruchi dae family are requested, were removed. They must there fore be 
added to this legislation. The notified text thus establishes the import regulations for 
grains, seeds and other products for consumption and processing.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [  X ] plant 
protection, [    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] 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 Cod ex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. ISPM No.) : G/SPS/N/CHL/617  
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  − International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 1: 
Phytosanitary principles for the protection of plants and the application of 
phytosanitary measures in international trade (FAO, 2006), International Plant 
Protection Convention (IPPC)  
− ISPM No. 2: Guidelines for pest ri sk analysis (FAO, 2006), IPPC, and ISPM No. 
11: Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests, given that a pest risk analysis was 
carried out prior to the establishment of the requirements  
− ISPM No. 20: Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system (FA O, 
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 
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) : 90 days from the 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  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 60 days from the date of circulation of the 
notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  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, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl