G/SPS/N/CHL/786  
5 March  2024 
(24-2032) 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 , 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) : Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ) hay 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Argentina  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación de 
heno de alfalfa (Medicago sativa), destinados a consumo animal, producido en Argentina, y 
deroga Resolución No  1.102 de 2021  (Establishing phytosanitary requirements for imports 
of alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ) hay produced in Argentina destined for animal consumption, 
and repealing Resolution No.  1.102 of 2021) . Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 
4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/CHL/24_01836_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The noti fied document establishes phytosanitary requirements 
for imports of alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ) hay produced in Argentina destined for animal 
consumption.  
This draft is based on the pest risk analysis (PRA) carried out by SAG for alfalfa ( Medicago 
sativa ) hay establishing phytosanitary measures for pests associated with alfalfa hay and 
classed as quarantine pests absent from Chile, namely:  
• Amaranthus blitoides, Centaurea diffusa, Cuscuta spp.  (Except : C. andina, C. 
campestris, C chilensis, C. epithymum, C. micrantha, C. microstyla, C. odorata, C. 
pauciflora, C. pentagona, C. purpurata, C. pusilla, C. suaveolens, C. rustica and C. 
werdermanni ), Heterotheca subaxillaris, Linaria dalmatica, Rhaponticum repe ns, 
Senecio bonariensis, Senecio pampeanus, Senecio tweediei, Silene latifolia subsp. alba 
and Themeda quadrivalvis . 
As shipments are destined for animal consumption, they must meet the requirements 
established by the SAG Livestock Protection Division.  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [X] plant protection, [ 
] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage fr om pests.  G/SPS/N/CHL/786  
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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) : 
[ ] 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 Nos. 1, 2, 8 
and 20  
[ ] 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) : 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, [ ] 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