G/SPS/N/CHL/620  
24 January  2020 
(20-0600) 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  (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) : Bovine meat  
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 : Modifica la resolución No. 833/2002, que fija las 
exigencias sanitarias para la importación de carnes de bovino a Chile (Amendment to 
Resolution No. 833/2002 establishing sanitary requirements gove rning the importation 
into Chile of bovine meat) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/20_0599_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text amends the operative part of National 
Director ate Exempt Resolution No. 833 of 2002 as follows:  
− The term "rinderpest" is removed from paragraph 1.1.1.  
− The following sentence is inserted in paragraph 2.2.4, after the full stop : "The legs 
and hooves, which must be clean, are to be included in the post -mortem inspection 
so that the coronary rim and interdigital space may be examined ; as to the head, 
the nostrils and mouths of the cattle to be used for products to be shipped to Chile 
must also be examined."  
− The following sentence is inserted in paragraph 2 .4.4, after the full stop : "The head, 
including the soft parts thereof, such as the muscles, larynx, pharynx, tongue and 
associated lymph nodes, may not be imported."  
− Paragraph 3.4.4 is replaced by the following : "Only boneless cuts of meat may be 
imported . All forms and cuts of minced meat, trimmings, hamburgers and ground 
meat, as well as the head and the soft parts thereof, such as the muscles, larynx, 
pharynx, tongue and associated lymph nodes, may not be imported."  
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/620  
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  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) : Chapter 8.8. of the OIE Terrestrial 
Animal Heal th Code  
[ ] 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 : 
Resolución 833/2002 - Fija Exigencias Sanitarias para la Internación de Carnes de Bovino  
http://bcn.cl/1veby  (available i n Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 40 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 ): 30 days from t he date of publication 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, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl