G/SPS/N/CHL/662  
18 January  2021 
(21-0532) 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) : Immature Pinus taeda  seeds  
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 de importación para conos 
cerrados con semillas inmaduras de Pinus taeda, procedentes de Argentina  (Import 
requirements for closed cones containing immature Pinus taeda  seeds, from Argentina) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/c rnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_0465_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
1. The notified text establishes phytosanitary import requirements for closed cones 
containing immature Pinus taeda  seeds, from Argentina:  
a. To enter the country, consignments must be covered by an official phytosanitary 
certificate issued by the plant health authority of the country of origin, without 
additional declarations;  
b. The cones must be immature, closed, and free of soil and other plant  remains 
capable of harbouring pests;  
c. Consignments must be transported in new packaging that is closed, resistant to 
handling, and labelled or marked in accordance with the Agriculture and Livestock 
Service (SAG) regulations currently in force;  
d. Upon the entry of the material, the laboratory in which the embryo extraction 
shall take place must be declared . This laboratory must be approved by the SAG 
Regional Directorate for its area;  
e. The approval of the laboratory shall be carried out through an appropriat e report 
consistent with the purpose of the importation, which must be issued by the SAG 
of the receiving office . This report must contain the approval of the infrastructure, 
equipment and plant residue destruction method . It shall also indicate the 
labora tory's address and the name of the individual in charge who shall act on 
behalf of the SAG;  
f. Consignments shall be sealed by the SAG at the point of entry and must be stored 
and transported to the premises of the declared laboratory with due protection in 
order to retain their phytosanitary certification;  G/SPS/N/CHL/662  
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  g. The plant residues resulting from the extraction of embryos from the immature 
cones must be immediately destroyed by incineration or biological deactivation in 
an autoclave;  
2. The consignment shall be inspect ed by the Service, at the point of entry, in order to 
ensure physical and documentary compliance with phytosanitary requirements for 
imports . Upon the detection of quarantine pests listed in Resolution No. 3.080 of 2003 
and its amendments, or of unlisted p ests that are potentially quarantine pests 
according to the risk assessment, phytosanitary risk management measures may be 
applied in accordance with the identified risk;  
3. The notified Resolution will enter into effect upon its publication in the Official J ournal.  
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 Nos. 1, 2 
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 80 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 : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 March 2 021 
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.g ob.cl