G/SPS/N/CHL/580  
25 October  2018 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero  (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) : Chilled and frozen fresh meat of bovine anima ls 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Colombia  
5. Title of the notified document : Provisional measures adopted in relation to the 
importation into Chile of meat of bovine animals from Colombia Language(s) : Spanish 
Number of pages : 2 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CHL/18_5599_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : In light of the notification by the Colombian Agricultural 
Institute (ICA) to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) of a new outbreak of 
foot-and-mouth disease, and given that the importation of bovine meat from Colombia 
therefore poses a potential risk to Chile's health status, a health measure has been 
provisionally adopted to suspend the importation into Chile from Colombia of chilled and 
frozen fresh meat of bovine animals.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or dis ease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action : The importation 
of meat of bovine animals from Colombia poses a potential risk to Chile's health status.  
9. 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) : Chapter 8.8.5  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/CHL/580  
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  [X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from th e 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable) : The 
health measure has been provisionally adopted to suspend the importation into Chile from 
Colombia of chilled and frozen fresh meat of bovine animals processed as of 1 8 October 
2018. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] Nation al 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