G/SPS/N/CHL/571  
5 April 2018 
(18-2061) 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  (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 Panax quinquefolius  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the ex tent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Modifica Resolución n° 7.675 de 2016 que establece 
requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de semillas de especies hortícolas, chacras, 
aromáticas y medicinales, procedentes de todo origen  (Amendment to Resolution 
No. 7.675 of 2016 on phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Chile of 
seeds, of any origin, of fruit and vegetable crops and aromatic and m edicinal plant species) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CHL/18_1852_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text amends Resolution No. 7.675 of 2016 
("Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Chile of seeds, of any origin, 
of fruit and vegetable crops and aromatic and medicinal plant species") by adding the 
following species and a dditional declaration to the alphabetically ordered table under 
point 1 of the Resuelvo  section:  
SPECIES : Panax quinquefolius  
ADDITIONAL DECLARATION : No additional declaration required.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] 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. ) International 
Standards for Phy tosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1, 2 and 20  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/CHL/571  
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  [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) : 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/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 4 June 2 018 
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