G/SPS/N/CHL/545  
30 June 2017 
(17-3550) 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) : Dried hazelnuts ( Corylus avellana ), in shell and shelled.  
4. Regions or countrie s likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Argentina  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para 
frutos secos con y sin cáscara  de avellana (Corylus avellana), procedentes de Argentina  
(Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Chile of in -shell and shelled 
hazelnuts ( Corylus avellana ) from Argentina) . Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 
2 
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CHL/17_2973_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes the phytosanitary requirements for 
in-shell a nd shelled hazelnuts ( Corylus avellana ) from Argentina.   
1. Shipments must be covered by an official phytosanitary certificate (original copy), 
issued by the phytosanitary authority of the country of origin, without additional 
declarations.  
2. Shipments must be free of soil and other plant remains.  
3. Packaging must be new (repackaging is not permitted), closed, resistant to handling, 
and labelled or marked in accordance with the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) 
regulations currently in force.  
4. The wood used f or packaging, pallets and packing materials must comply with the 
quarantine regulations for importation.  
5. The packaging materials used must allow for potential quarantine treatments to be 
carried out at points of entry.  
6. SAG officials at the authorized port of entry will inspect the shipments upon their 
arrival in Chile, verify their compliance with the relevant phytosanitary requirements, 
and decide, on the basis of the accompanying documentation, whether their entry 
should be authorized or whether appropria te measures should be adopted in 
accordance with existing legislation.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CHL/545  
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  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)  
[ ] World Organisation for Ani mal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No. ) International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1, 2 and 20  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulati on 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 publicati on, 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/o r (dd/mm/yy) : 29 August 2 017 
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