G/SPS/N/CHL/540  
1 February  2017 
(17-0641) 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 nat ional 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Microbulbs of Lilium  spp. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners, or  
[X] Specifi c regions or countries : European Community Member States  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para 
microbulbos seminales de Lilium spp. destinados a propagación, procedentes de los 
Estados miembros de la Co munidad Europea (Phytosanitary requirements governing the 
importation into Chile of seminal microbulbs of  Lilium  spp. for propagation purposes from 
European Community Member States) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CHL/17_0615_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
1. For the purposes of this Resolution, seminal microbulbs of Lilium  spp. shall be taken to 
mean the reproductive structures obtained through the rescue or harvesting of 
embryos from seed pods.  
2. The phytosanitary requirements for importing, from European Community Member 
States, microbulbs of Lilium  spp. obtained through the rescue of seminal embryos , are 
as follows:  
2.1. Consignments must be covered by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the plant 
health authority of the relevant European Community Member State, containing 
no additional declarations, but indicating that the consignment contains seminal 
microbulbs of Lilium  spp.; 
2.2. The material to be imported must come from an officially certified production 
programme or from germplasm nurseries or repositories controlled by the official 
plant health authority of the exporting country;  
2.3. Consignments must be free  of soil and quarantine diseases;  
2.4. Accompanying substrates and/or materials used to protect the seedlings or 
preserve humidity must comply with existing phytosanitary requirements 
governing the entry of inert substrates for plants;  
2.5. Packaging must be new (repackaging is not permitted), closed, resistant to 
handling, and labelled or marked in accordance with the Service regulations 
currently in force. 2.6 . For materials modified genetically by modern 
biotechnology, the importer must declare their gen etic status and comply with 
SAG regulations establishing requirements for their importation and release into 
the environment.  G/SPS/N/CHL/540  
- 2 - 
  3. SAG officials at the authorized port of entry will inspect the consignments upon their 
arrival in Chile, verify their compliance w ith the relevant requirements and 
phytosanitary conditions, and decide, on the basis of the accompanying 
documentation, whether their entry should be authorized or whether appropriate 
measures should be adopted in accordance with existing legislation.  
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 th e 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 Protecti on Convention  (e.g. I SPM No. ) International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (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 i t 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 f rom 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) : 2 April 2 017 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, f ax number and email address 
(if avail able) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl