G/SPS/N/CHL/566  
4 January  2018 
(18-0045) 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  (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) : Ground -nuts ( Arachis hypogea)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the e xtent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para 
frutos secos de maní ( Arachis hypogea)  con cascara procedente de todo origen  
(Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation of in -shell ground -nuts ( Arachis 
hypogea ) of any origin) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CHL/18_0125_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
1. The notified text establishes phytosanitary requirements governing the importation 
of in-shell ground -nuts ( Arachis hypogea ) of any origin.  
1.1 Shipments mu st be covered by an official phytosanitary certificate issued by 
the country of origin . This document must declare that:  
 The shipment has been treated for Trogoderma granarium  (Col., 
Dermestidae), Corcyra cephalonica  (Lep., Tortricidae), Caryedon serratus  
(Col., Bruchidae), Callosobruchus analis  (Col., Bruchidae), and Callosobruchus 
theobromae  (Col., Bruchidae) . The treatment must be specified in Section III 
of the phytosanitary certificate, together with the product, dose, exposure 
time, product temperature and date of treatment, as appropriate.  
2. The alternative treatments indicated in this resolutio n will be considered acceptable 
fumigation treatments.  
3. An alternative additional declaration stating that the pest/s is/are not present in the  
country of origin will also be accepted.  
4. Once fumigated, shipments must be kept protected while in storage and while being 
dispatched and transported to Chile.  
5. Shipments must be free of soil and other plant remains.  
6. Packaging must be new (repackag ing is not permitted), closed, resistant to handling, 
and labelled or marked in accordance with the Agriculture and Livestock Service 
(SAG) regulations currently in force.  
7. The packaging materials used must allow for potential quarantine treatments to be  
carried out at points of entry.  
8. The wood used for packaging, pallets and packing materials must comply with 
quarantine regulations when entering the country.  G/SPS/N/CHL/566  
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  9. SAG officials at authorized points of entry will inspect 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 appropriate measures should be adopted in accordance 
with existing le gislation.  
10. Any failure to comply with the provisions of this resolution will be duly addressed 
and will incur penalties in accordance with Law No. 18.755 and Decree 
Law No. 3.557.  
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 Health Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No.)  
- International Standards for P hytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 1: 
Phytosanitary principles for the protection of plants and the application of 
phytosanitary measures in international trade (FAO, 2006), International Plant 
Protection Convention (IPPC);  
- ISPM No. 2: Guidelines for pest risk analysis (FAO, 2006), IPPC, and 
ISPM No. 11: Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests, given that a pest risk 
analysis was carried out prior to the establishment of the requirements ; and 
- ISPM No. 20: Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory s ystem 
(FAO,  2004), IPPC.  
[ ] 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) : 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 ): 5 March 2 018 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  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, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl