G/SPS/N/CHL/524  
 
17 May 2016  
(16-2680)  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: Ministerio de Salud, Departamento Nutrición y Alimentos  
(Ministry of Health, Department of Nutrition and Food) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Food  
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: Modificación del Título III, de los Aditivos Alimentarios 
del Reglamento Sanitario de los Alimentos, Decreto Supremo N° 977/96 del Ministerio de Salud (Amendment to Title III (Food Additives) of the Food Health Regulations, 
Ministry of Health Supreme Decree No. 977/96)   
Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages: 56 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/CHL/16_1919_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The aim of the notified draft Amendment to Title III of the 
Food Health Regulations is to improve the drafting and structure of the text and to 
include additives that are on the Codex Alimentarius list or are used in other countries.  
Classification of additives according to their main technological purpose. 
Establishment of limits for colours and sweeteners. 
Reorganization of articles, including changes to the numbering of certain ones, in order 
to group those containing only text at the end. 
Inclusion of additives covered by the CODE X and/or by European Union regulations. 
Removal of additives that are no longer in use. 
Improvements to the definitions of flavourings.  Harmonization of the presentation of the articles in paragraph II.   
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CHL/524 
  
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) CODEX STAN 192-1995: General Standard for Food 
Additives. Adopted in 1995. Revision: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[ ] 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: Inclusion of additives, on the basis of the Codex Alimentarius 
and European Union regulations  
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: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 July 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
E-mail: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
E-mail: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl