G/SPS/N/CHL/440  
28 August 2013  
(13-4567)  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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Plant material as in vitro  tissue cultures  
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: Modifica Resolución Nº 633 de 2003 Que establece 
requisitos para la importación de material vegetal como cultivo de tejido in vitro (Amendment to Resolution No. 633 of 2003 "Lay ing down requirements for the importation 
into Chile of plant material as in vitro  tissue cultures") Language(s): Spanish 
Number of pages: 6 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/CHL/13_3429_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The list of quarantine pests for Chile has been updated 
(elimination of Carnation necrotic fleck virus and Cherry necrotic rusty mottle virus from 
the category of quarantine pests not found in Chile and inclusion of Blueberry shock virus and Cherry rasp leaf virus in this cate gory) and the phytosanitary requirements 
for imported in vitro  plant material of species that are host to these pests therefore 
need to be amended. 
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.  G/SPS/N/CHL/440 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] 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: 
Resolución Nº 633 de 2003 del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service Resolution No. 633 of 2003) (available in Spanish) 
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 da y s  f r o m  t h e  d a t e  o f  c i r c u l a t i o n  
of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 October 2013 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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