G/SPS/N/CHL/584  
26 November  2018 
(18-7429) Page: 1/3 
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) : Horses imported into Chile definitively or under the dual hemisphere 
shuttle syste m 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de resolución que establece exigencias 
sanitarias para la internación de équidos a Chile bajo el régimen de internación definitiva 
y doble hemiferio y deroga resolución N° 3.176 de 2013  (Draft resolution establishing 
sanitary requirements for the importation of equine animals into Chile either definitively 
or und er the dual hemisphere shuttle system and repeal ing Resolution No. 3.176 of 2013) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CHL/18_6040_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The draft satisfies the requirements for specific sanitary 
standards for importation into Chile.  
A non -exhaustive summary of the provisions of the draft is pro vided below.  
The following points are mentioned:  
1-1 The country or area of origin must have been declared officially free of African horse 
sickness by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and this status must have 
been favourably assessed by Chile.  
1-2 The farm of origin must have had in place a sanitary control programme, includ ing 
monitoring of the females with which the colts have had contact, and a vector -control 
programme . For 90 days prior to shipment, there must have been no signs of th e following 
diseases at the farm of origin or on the premises : equine infectious anaemia, equine 
encephalomyelitis (Eastern, Western and Venezuelan), rabies, piroplasmosis, surra or 
"mal de caderas " (Trypanosoma evansi ), equine influenza, contagious equine  metritis, 
salmonellosis ( Salmonella abortus -equi), equine viral arteritis, equine rhinopneumonitis 
(Herpes virus types I and IV) ; Japanese encephalitis and Borna disease.  
1-3 A minimum 30 -day pre -shipment isolation period, under official supervision, in a  place 
determined by the competent health authority of the country of origin, where the animals 
are separated from the population of origin . During this isolation period, they must not 
show signs of transmissible diseases and must undergo the following dia gnostic tests, 
with negative results, and receive the treatments and vaccinations indicated below . In G/SPS/N/CHL/584  
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  addition, the horses may receive no treatment or vaccination during this period other 
than those indicated in the notified resolution . Treatment and vacci nation instructions are 
provided for the following conditions : equine infectious anaemia, equine 
encephalomyelitis (Eastern, Western and Venezuelan), vesicular stomatitis, equine 
rhinopneumonitis (Herpes virus types I and IV), leptospirosis, equine influen za, 
contagious equine metritis ( Taylorella equigenitalis ), glanders ( Burkholderia mallei ), 
parasites, piroplasmosis ( Babesia caballi and Theileria equi ), and salmonellosis 
(Salmonella abortus -equi). 
1-4 A thorough clinical inspection at the time of shipmen t, under official supervision.  
1-5 Requirements regarding the content of the official health certificate . Microchip 
identification satisfying the ISO 11784 and ISO 11785 international standards.  
1-6 The stay in Chile will be officially monitored at a SAG -authorized location or on -farm 
quarantine facility when space is unavailable in the SAG Livestock Quarantine Station, for 
at least ten days for non -breeding horses (castrated animals, males younger than two 
years and females younger than 18 months) and for at least 15 days for horses to be 
used for breeding . The quarantine period will end when the proper information has been 
entered on the animal health certificate, the results of all laboratory tests requested 
during the quarantine have been received and th e animals show no signs of infectious or 
parasitic diseases . Repeal of SAG Resolution No. 3176 of 2015.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [ ] plant protection, 
[X] 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) : 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code:  
 Section 8 : Multiple Species  
Chapters 8.1, 8.10, 8.12, 8.14, 8.15 and 8.19  
 Section 12 : Equidae  
Chapters 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9, 12.10 and 
12.11  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[ ] 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) : 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.  
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  12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 25 January 2 019 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [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  
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