G/SPS/N/CHL/664/Rev.1  
12 November  2021 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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) : Animal products, products for pet consumption, pharmaceutical 
products exclusively for veterinary use and other products in luggage and means of 
transport  
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 condiciones sanitarias  para el ingreso a Chile 
de productos de origen animal, productos para consumo de animales de compañía, 
productos farmacéuticos de uso exclusivamente veterinario y otros productos que indica ; 
en equipajes y medios de transporte  (Sanitary requirements for t he entry into Chile of 
animal products, products for pet consumption, pharmaceutical products exclusively for 
veterinary use and other specific products in luggage and means of transport) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_7144_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution establishes sanitary requirements 
for the entry into Chile of animal products, products for pet consumption, pharmaceutical 
products exclusively for veterinary use and other specific products in luggage and means 
of transport . It includes:  
− definitions, which clarify the scope of the Resolution;  
− considerations in relation to Law No. 20.962 of 2016, of the Ministry of Agriculture, 
which implements the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of 
Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);  
− general entry considerations;  
− specific entry considerations for the following products:  
• homemade food;  
• meat, tripe, offal and processed meat products;  
• milk and milk products;  
• fats; 
• other animal products (horns, antlers, bones, teeth, cloven hooves, hooves, 
claws, nails, scales, feathers, hair, manes, bristles, and items made of one or 
more of the above or made of leather, such as : pieces of jewellery or costume 
jewellery, decorative items, handicrafts, musical instruments and clothing ; 
taxide rmied, stuffed or embalmed animals are also included);  G/SPS/N/CHL/664/Rev.1  
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  • other products such as implements, saddles, animal carriers;  
• apiculture products;  
• animal feed ; and 
• veterinary medicines.  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] 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) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15 of 
the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health 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:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Approximately 50 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) : Six months after 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 the date of publication of the 
notification  
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