G/SPS/N/CHL/533  
1 December  2016 
(16-6596) 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 nat ional 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Animals and birds  
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 : Establece condiciones para el funcionamiento de recintos 
cuarentenarios de importación de animales y aves y define restricciones de acceso de 
personas a estos lugares  (Requirements governing the operation of  quarantine facilities 
used during the importation of animal and birds, and restrictions on human access to these 
sites) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
http://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/CHL/16_4952_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
1. The following requirements are hereby established for the operation of quarantine 
facilities used when importing animals and birds:  
1.1. Quarantine sites:  
a. Official li vestock quarantine station of the SAG (Lo Aguirre):  
 Persons wishing to bring live animals and birds into the country must reserve a 
place at the Lo Aguirre livestock quarantine station, so that the animals or birds 
concerned may undergo quarantine in the o fficial livestock station of the SAG . 
Dogs, cats, zoo animals, laboratory mice, day -old chicks, pigs for breeding, 
horses entering temporarily or returning from competition, dual hemisphere 
horses, and any other animals determined by the SAG, may be exclud ed from 
this requirement.  
b. Directory of quarantine facilities authorized by the SAG to provide post -entry  
quarantine services:  
 Persons interested in establishing quarantine facilities for the isolation of 
animals imported definitively (e.g. scientific a nd research centres, and private 
establishments) must submit a request to the SAG sectoral office that has 
jurisdiction over the territory where the quarantine facility is located.  
 The authorization of these quarantine facilities and their inclusion in the  
directory will be subject to compliance with assessment criteria for approving 
on-farm quarantine facilities, available on the SAG website.  
 Where the assessment of the facility is favourable, the relevant Regional 
Directorate will issue a resolution autho rizing the establishment to provide 
post-entry quarantine services and will order its inclusion in the national 
quarantine facility directory, available on the SAG website.  G/SPS/N/CHL/533  
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   In order for the facility to remain listed in this directory, every six months the 
SAG will verify that its sanitary and biosafety conditions have been maintained 
or improved.  
 Where dual hemisphere horses are concerned, the relevant Regional Directorate 
must be informed that quarantine is taking place in a quarantine facility 
authorized by the SAG . Where no space is available in this type of facility or in 
the official livestock quarantine station, authorization may exceptionally be 
requested for quarantine in an on -farm facility.  
c. On-farm facilities exceptionally authorized for use as quarantine or isolation sites:  
 Where no space is available in the Lo Aguirre livestock quarantine station or in 
any of the facilities listed in the quarantine facility directory, the interested 
party may ask the SAG Regional Directorate responsible for the  area where the 
quarantine will take place, to authorize an on -farm facility to carry out 
quarantine procedures for a specific import.  
2. Human access to quarantine facilities for imported animals:  
a. SAG personnel with access to the quarantine facility:  
 Only personnel responsible for official sanitary activities will have access to the 
quarantine facility and to the animals present in the SAG official livestock 
quarantine station, the quarantine facilities listed in the SAG directory, and the 
on-farm facil ities exceptionally authorized to operate as quarantine site s. 
b. Personnel responsible for the animals:  
 Interested parties must submit to the SAG livestock quarantine station, the    
quarantine facility listed in the directory, or the exceptionally author ized 
quarantine facility, a list of the persons who are allowed access to the animals 
during the quarantine period . This list must include:  
 The person or persons responsible for the care, feeding and handling of the 
animals in quarantine (depending on the origin or animal health status of the 
animals).  
 The private veterinarian, SAG sanitary counterpart, and person in charge of 
animal health, in the case of on -farm quarantine or quarantine facilities listed in 
the directory.  
3. All persons  not included on th e list referred to in the previous paragraph will be 
prohibited from entering the quarantine facility and making contact with the animals 
during the post -entry quarantine period.  
4. Without prejudice to the provisions of the above paragraph, the head of th e relevant 
SAG Office, the official veterinarian in charge of on -farm quarantine, or the head of 
the official livestock quarantine station, may exceptionally authorize the entry of 
persons not included on the list referred to in paragraph 2 above, in the c ase of 
certain health -related events in the quarantine facility.  
5. Non-compliance with the obligations established in this Resolution will be penalized 
in accordance with the provisions of DFL RRA No. 16 on animal health and 
protection, and the procedure applied will be that provided for in Organic Law No. 
18.755 of the SAG.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage fro m 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 Aq uatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Terrestrial Animal Health Code, 
Chapter  5.6: Border posts and quarantine stations in the importing country.  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ) 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation confo rm to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No G/SPS/N/CHL/533  
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  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 adopti on (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/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 January 2 017 
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