G/SPS/N/CHL/556  
24 October  2017 
(17-5763) 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 national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Dried branches of Sorghum vulgare  
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 requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de 
ramillas desecadas de Sorghum vulgare  procedentes de cualquier origen  (Phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation into Chile of dried branches of Sorghum vulgare of any 
origin) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
6. Description of content:  
1. The notified text establishes the phytosanitary requirements governing the importation 
into Chile of dried branches of Sorghum vulgare  of any origin;  
2. Shipments must be covered by an official phytosanitary certificate issued by the country 
of origin . This document must declare that:  
2.1 The shipment has been inspected and found free from Rottbellia 
cochinchinensis, Acroptylon repens, Alhagi maurorum, Diplotaxis tenuifolia and 
Brassica tournefortii ; 
2.2 The shipment has been treated in order to control Striga angustifolia, Striga 
asiatica, Striga densiflora and Striga hermonthica . The treatment must be specified 
in the corresponding section of the phytosanitary certificate, together with the 
product, dose, exposure time, temperature and date of treatment, w here relevant.  
3. The following treaments will be accepted as quarantine treatments to control Striga 
angustifolia, Striga asiatica, Striga densiflora and Striga hermonthica : 
3.1 Heat treatment (see specifications in Resolution);  
3.2 Treatments using methy l bromide (see specifications in Resolution);  
4. As an additional official declaration from the country of origin, a certificate may be 
provided stating  that the pest/s is/are not present in the country of origin;  
5. Shipments must be free of soil and seeds;  
6. Articles that are composed partly of Sorgum vulgare  and partly of other elements 
consisting of regulated articles (e.g. wooden broom handles/wooden brushes) must meet 
the import requirements set out in the regulations currently in force;  
7. Packa ging must be new (repackaging is not permitted), closed, resistant to handling, G/SPS/N/CHL/556  
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  and labelled or marked in accordance with the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) 
regulations currently in force.  
8. The wood used for packaging, pallets and packing materi als must comply with the 
quarantine regulations for importation.  
9. SAG officials at the point of entry will inspect the shipments upon their arrival in Chile, 
and will verify their phytosanitary condition, and decide, on the basis of the accompanying 
documentation, whether their entry should be authorized.  
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.  
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 Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Hea lth Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No.)  
- International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 1 Principles of 
plant quarantine as related to international trade (FAO, 2006), International Plant 
Protection Convention (IPPC);  
- International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 2 Guidelines for 
pest risk analysis (FAO, 2006), IPPC , International Standards for Phytosanitary 
Measures (ISPM) No. 11: Pest Risk Analysis for Quarantine Pests, considering that 
a pest risk analysis was carried out prior to the establishment of the notified 
requirements ; and 
- ISPM No. 20: Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system (FAO, 
2004), IPPC.  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to t he 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 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/o r (dd/mm/yy) : 22 December 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  G/SPS/N/CHL/556  
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  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