G/TBT/N/CHL/501  
3 October  2019 
(19-6394) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio  de Agricultura  (Ministry of Agriculture)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from  above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  de Chile  (Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Fertilizers  
5. Title, number of pa ges and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de Ley 
que tiene por objeto establecer las disposiciones sobre parámetros de calidad, 
composición, clasificación, envasado, declaración, etiquetado y trazabilidad, aplicables a 
la fabricación, formulac ión, producción, comercialización, tenencia, importación y 
exportación de fertilizantes  (Draft Law establishing provisions on the quality, composition, 
classification, packaging, registration, labelling and traceability parameters applicable to 
the manufac turing, formulation, production, marketing, possession, importation and 
exportation of fertilizers) (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Law establishes provisions on the quality, 
composition, classification, packaging, regi stration, labelling and traceability parameters 
applicable to the manufacturing, formulation, production, marketing, possession, 
importation and exportation of fertilizers, without prejudice to the other standards 
applicable.  
The technical provisions and d efinitions necessary for the implementation of this draft 
Law will be established by regulations issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, which will also 
contain provisions on classification and the requirements to be met by manufacturers, 
formulators, produ cers, marketers, packers, holders, importers and exporters of 
fertilizers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/CHL/501  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Ley N° 20.089, que crea el Sistema Nacional de Certificación de Productos 
Orgánicos Agrícolas y su normativa complementaria ; 
- Decreto Ley Nº 3.557, que establece disposiciones sobre protección agrícola, 
Ministerio de Agricultura ; 
- Ley N° 18.755, Establece Norma s sobre el Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Ministerio 
de Agricultura . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales (Undersecretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  de Chile (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2- 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2- 2380 9494  
Email: Tbt_Chile@direcon.gob.cl  
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