G/SPS/N/CHL/526  
5 July 2016  
(16-3610)  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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Asparagus spears 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: Argentina  
5. Title of the notified document: Modifica Resolución N° 4.658 de 2006 que establece 
requisitos para el ingreso de vegetales frescos, para consumo, procedentes de Argentina  
(Amendment to Resolution No. 4.658 of 2006 establishing requirements for the 
importation into Chile of fresh vegetables for consumption from Argentina) Language(s): 
Spanish Number of pages: 2 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/CHL/16_2678_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: 
1. The following amendment has been made to Article 1 of Resolution No. 4.658 of 2006 
which establishes requirements for the importation into Chile of fresh vegetables for consumption from Argentina: 
1.1 The additional declaration for the species Asparagus officinalis  is replaced by the 
following: 
 The shipment has been inspected and been found free from Elasmopalpus 
lignosellus . 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard? 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) ISPM Nos 1, 2, 11 
and 20 
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/CHL/526 
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  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: 
Resolución N° 4.658 de 2006 que establece requisitos para el ingreso de vegetales frescos, para consumo, procedentes de Argentina  (Resolution No. 4.658 of 2006 establishing 
requirements for the importation into Chile of fresh vegetables for consumption from 
Argentina) (available in Spanish) 
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/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 September 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: 
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl