G/SPS/N/CHL/779  
19 December 2023  
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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) : Seeds of the species Triticum aestivum , Triticum durum  (wheat) and 
Triticum spelta  
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 : Resolución Exenta No 7710/2023 que Modifica 
Resolución No 1.187 de 2022 que aprueba texto coordinado y sistematizado de la 
resolución que establece requisitos fitosanitarios de ingreso para semillas de cereales  
(Exempt Resolution No. 7710/2023 amending Resolution No. 1.187 of 2022 approving the 
coordinated and consolidated text of the Resolution establishin g phytosanitary import 
requirements for cereal seeds) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/CHL/23_14748_00_s. pdf 
6. Description of content : The presence in Chile of wheat streak mosaic virus has been 
reported through activities conducted within the framework of the Agricultural and Forestry 
Phytosanitary Surveillance Programme  of the Agriculture and Livestock Service . This pest 
has therefore been removed from the list of quarantine pests not found in Chile . In view of 
the foregoing, an additional declaration is no longer required for this virus in seeds of 
Triticum aestivum , Triticum durum  and Triticum spelta  of any origin.  
Further details can be found 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, [ ] 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 Organisation 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 No. 1: Phytosanitary principles for the pr otection of plants and the 
application of phytosanitary measures in international trade (FAO, 2006), 
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).  G/SPS/N/CHL/779  
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  − ISPM No. 8: Determination of pest status in an area (FAO, 2021), 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) : 19 December 2 023 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 19 December 2 023 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 19 December 2 023 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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) avail able 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