G/SPS/N/CHL/787  
6 May 2024 
(24-3583) 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 numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Adult queen bees ( Apis mellifera ) 
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 : Fija exigencias sanitarias para la internación de abejas 
reinas a Chile y deroga Resolución que indica (Establishment of sanitary requirements for 
the entry into Chile of queen bees and repeal of the Resolution indicated) Language(s) : 
Spanish Number of pages : 4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/CHL/24_03059_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The draft measure lays down sanitary requirements, including 
those pertaining to the country or area of origin, hives of ori gin, pre -shipment, packaging 
and transport, the necessary health certification and procedures upon arrival in the 
country.  
The requirements include  the following : 
1. Certain notifiable diseases must not be present, and disease -free status must have 
been declared by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and approved by 
the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG).  
2. Hives must be located at sites that have had no cases or clinical evidence of the 
diseases detailed in the draft legislation within a 5 km radius . In addition, hives must 
have been subject to biosecurity control measures and treatment under specific 
conditions against acarapisosis, nosemosis and varroosis.  
3. Hives must also have been subject to health inspections in the last two years, the 
most recent one carried out no more than 90 days prior to  shipment, and be 
authorized for export by SAG.  
4. There must be a pre -shipment quarantine of at least 30 days, during which the bees 
must show no signs of communicable diseases or parasites , and the results of the 
diagnostic tests listed in the draft measure, which must be carried out in official 
laboratories or laboratories authorized by the competent authority, must be negative.  
5. Specifications for biosafety and welfare conditions during transport prior to 
quarantine and until shipment, the cages  used, attendant bees and the type of food 
permitted.  
6. Each shipment must have an official health certificate containing specific  information, 
in Spanish and the official language of the country of origin . G/SPS/N/CHL/787  
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  7. The selection of quarantine conditions and options upon arrival in Chile, and the 
destruction of everything accompanying the queen bee.  
Further details can be found in the draft R esolution attached to this notification.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] 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 the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[X] World Organisation for Ani mal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapter 4.15 and Section 9 of the 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health 
(WOAH ) 
[ ] 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) : Approximately 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) : 5 July 2 024 
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