G/SPS/N/CHL/741  
17 February  2022 
(23-1169) 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) : Sansevieria spp. plants  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All tradi ng partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Costa Rica  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para 
plantas para plantar de Sansevieria spp., procedentes de Costa Rica y deroga resolución 
SAG No. 3.288 de 2009 (Establishes phytosanitary import requirements for Sansevieria 
spp. plants for planting from Costa Rica and repeals SAG Resolution No. 3.288 of 2009) 
Language(s) : Spanish . Number of pages : 4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/CHL/23_1150_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified document establishes phytosanitary import 
requirements for Sansevieria  spp. plants for planting, requiring that Sansevieria  spp. 
ornamental material be monitored and analysed in containment conditions under the 
post-entry quarantine regime for the quarantine pest Opogona sacchari , due to its habit 
of feeding inside the host plant tissue, which makes it difficult to detect at the point of 
entry, and to the significant economic impact that its introduction, spread and 
establishment may have on domestic production of the species concerned.  
Further details can be reviewed 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, [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 Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organis ation 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 Nos. 1, 2, 
11 and 208  
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/CHL/741  
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  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 SAG No. 3.840 de 2011 "Modifica las resoluciones 3.418 de 2002 y No. 
3.288 de 2009, en el sentido de eliminar la plaga Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. 
dianthicola, presente en el país"  
• Resolución SAG No. 3.288 de 2009 "Establece requisitos fitosanitarios para la 
importac ión de plantas de Sansevieria spp., para propagación, procedentes de Costa 
Rica" 
(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) : 30 days after 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) : 18 April 2 023 
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 avai lable) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl