G/SPS/N/CHL/718  
13 January  2022 
(22-0300) 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) : Tallow or fat of bovine animals, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry  
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 : Fija exigencias sanitarias para la internación a Chile de 
sebo o grasa de bovino, porcino, ovino, caprino y aves, y deja sin efecto Resolución Exenta 
N° 27 de 2000  (Sanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of tallow or fat of 
bovine animals, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry, and repeal of Exempt Resolution No. 27 
of 2000) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHL/22_0341_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes sanitary requirements applicable 
to the  animals from which the products originate, as well as the required treatments, with 
the aim of minimizing the risk of introduction into the country of foot -and-mouth disease, 
classical swine fever, African swine fever, Newcastle disease and avian influenz a. It also 
lays down the packaging and transport requirements for the products.  
This measure seeks to update and harmonize the domestic regulations concerning the 
sanitary requirements to be met by the fats of bovine animals, sheep, goats, pigs and 
poultry, on the basis of the available technical information and the recommendations of 
the international reference bodies.  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
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.  G/SPS/N/CHL/718  
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Aliment arius 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) : Chapter 11.4 of the Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code of the Wor ld Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)  
[ ] 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, 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) : 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  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 March 2 022 
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