G/SPS/N/CHL/668  
2 March  2021 
(21-1782) 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) : Animals from the Procyonidae  and Mustelidae  families for exhibition 
purposes, and ferrets for commercial use  
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 : Establece las exigencias sanitarias para la internación 
a Chile de animales de las familias Procyonidae y Mustelidae con fines de exhibición, y 
hurones de ámbito comercial, y deroga resoluciones n° 475 de 1992 y n° 6055 de 2009.  
(Establishment of sanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of animals from 
the Procyonidae  and Mustelidae  families for exhibition purposes, and ferrets for 
commercial use, and repeal of Resolutions No. 475 of 1992 and No. 6055 of 2009) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 4 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_1618_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The requirements included in the draft Resolution concern the 
following:  
− The health status of the country of origin, in which rabies is a notifiable disease;  
− the health and veterinary medical control status of the establishments of origin, and 
the health status of adjoining land;  
− the conditions of the animals, such a s length of stay in the establishment of origin, 
rabies vaccination requirements and requirements for internal and external 
antiparasitic treatment;  
− pre-shipment quarantine conditions under official control;  
− health and welfare conditions of animals at the time of transport and shipment;  
− animal health certification and requirements to be met by the competent health 
authority at the time of shipment;  
− observance of an official quarantine upon entry into Chile, with regard to the control 
of entry carried out by  the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG), in connection 
with the health certificate.  
− In addition to the requirements established in the measure referred to in this 
notification, the entry into the country of exotic animals must be authorized by the 
SAG Division for the Protection of Renewable Natural Resources.  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  G/SPS/N/CHL/668  
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  7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] 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) : 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code:  
− Section 5 . Trade measures, importation/exportation procedures and 
veterinary certification  
− Chapter 8.14 : Infection with rabies virus  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, wheneve r possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− Ley N° 19.473 Sustituye texto de la Ley Nº4.601, sobre Caza, y artículo 609 del 
Código Civil:  http://bcn.cl/2kerq ; 
− SAG webpage with information on the importation of exotic animals: 
http://www.sag.cl/ambitos -de-accion/internacion -de-fauna -exotica  
(available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Approximately 80 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 : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 May 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
availabl e) 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