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27 May 2014  
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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):  Potato ( Solanum tuberosum  L.) tubers  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pract icable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Uruguay  
5. Title of the notified document:  Modifica resolución n°4.893 de 2013 que establece 
requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para tubérculos de papa (Solanum tuberosum L.) 
destinados a consumo, procedentes de Uruguay (Amendment to Resolution No. 4.893 of 
2013 laying down p hytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Chile of 
potato ( Solanum tuberosum  L.) tubers for consumption from Uruguay ) 
Language(s):  Spanish    Number of pages: 1   
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CHL/14_2486_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Amendment to  Resolution No. 4.893 o f 2013 laying down 
phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Chile of potato ( Solanum 
tuberosum  L.) tubers for consumption from Uruguay  following an assessment of the 
technical information  submitted  by Uruguay's National Plant Protection Or ganization 
(NPPO) , according to which  only the Liliaceae  race of Ditylenchus dipsaci , which  does not 
affect potato crops, is present  in national territory .  
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 Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[X] International Plant Protection Conve ntion (e.g. ISPM number)  
International Standard 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 : Framework for pest risk analysi s; 
ISPM No. 11 : Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests  (given that a pest risk G/SPS/N/CHL/47 5 
 
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  analysis  was conducted prior to the establishment of the requirements) ; and 
ISPM No. 20 : Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system.  
[ ] 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 langu age(s) in which these are available: 
Resolución N°4.893 de 2013 del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service  Resolution No. 4.893 of 2013 ) (available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Off icial Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  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) :  26 July  2014 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:     
E-mail:  sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Texts available from:  [ X] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:    
E-mail:  sps.chile@sag.gob.cl