G/SPS/N/CHL/729  
25 May 2022 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
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 certain fruit and vegetable crops and aromatic and 
medicinal plant species  
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 : 2314 de 2022, Modifica 
Resolución Exenta Nº:7675 de 2016 que establece requisitos fitosanitarios para la 
importación de semillas de especies hortícolas, chacras, aromáticas y medicinales, 
procedentes de todo origen, en el sentido de establecer medidas de emergencia para 
prevenir el ingreso de Tomato brown rugose fru it virus (ToBRFV)  (Exempt Resolution No. 
2314 of 2022 amending Exempt Resolution No. 7675 of 2016  establishing  phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation of seeds, of any origin, of certain fruit and vegetable 
crops and aromatic and medicinal plant spe cies, to establish emergency measures to 
prevent the entry of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) ) Language(s) : Spanish 
Number of pages : 3 
https://members .wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHL/22_3650_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Resolution amends Resolution No. 7.675 of 2016 
by replacing the text of clause 2 of the Resolution with the following:  
"For each seed species specified in clause 1 of this Resolution, an alternative additional 
declaration stating that the pest/s is/are not present in the country of origin will be 
accepted . However, in the case of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), it cannot  
be certif ied by means of an  alternative additional declaration that the pest is not present 
in the country of origin, as certification by sampling and official laboratory analysis is 
mandatory".  
It should also be noted that shipments en route to Chile with a certification dated prio r to 
the entry into force of this standard shall be exempt from this requirement.  
Further details can be found in the documents attached to this notification.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protec t humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CHL/729  
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action : Urgent action 
required given : 
• Information  currently available : in the marketing of seeds of Solanum lycopersicum 
L. and Capsicum spp., batches of different origins are frequently mixed, which 
increases the risk of spread  of the pest . In addition, due to the characteristics of the 
virus, there is uncertainty regarding the global presence of the pes t. Consequently, 
the new measures  shall apply to all seeds of Solanum lycopersicum L. and Capsicum 
spp., regardless of whether the country is declared to be free from the pest.  
• SAG Resolution No. 5.464 of 2019 introduced an amendment to Resolution No. 7.675 
of 2016, to the effect that  Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in seeds of 
Capsicum annuum , Solanum lycopersicum (=Lycopersicon  esculentum)  and 
Lycopersicon  esculentum x Lycopersicon hirs utum, coming from countries of origin in 
which this pest is not present, may declare this status . 
• Regardless of the phytosanitary status of the country of origin, all shipments of host 
seeds of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) are required to be certified at the 
nursery or shipment level, as per the results of an official laboratory analysis, owing 
to the international movement of seeds and because  it is an emerging quarantine 
pest that has  a significant impact  on producti on and the econom y. 
9. 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. ISPM No.) : 
− International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM)  No. 1: 
Phytosanitary principles for the protection of plants and the application of 
phytosanitary measures in international trade  
− ISPM No. 2: Guidelines for pest risk analysis  
− ISPM No. 11: Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests, given that a pest risk 
analysis was carried out prior to the establishment of requirements  
[ ] 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:  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : 
Resolución  Exenta Nº:7675 de 2016 que establece requisitos fitosanitarios para la 
importación de semillas de especies hortícolas, chacras, aromáticas y medicinales, 
procedentes de todo origen, en el sentido de establecer medidas de emergencia para 
prevenir el ingreso de Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (tobrfv)  
11. Date of entry into fo rce ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable) : 4 
August 2 022 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  G/SPS/N/CHL/729  
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  12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email addres s (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