G/SPS/N/CHL/511  
20 August 2015  
(15-4220)  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): Plants, cuttings and twigs of certain Prunus  species  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document: Modifica Resolución N° 3.435 de 2004 que establece 
requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de plantas, estacas y ramillas de las especies de Prunus que indica, procedentes de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, y rectifica Resolución N° 8.958 de 2014 (Amendment to Resolution No. 3.435 of 2004 establishing 
regulations governing the importation into Chil e of plants, cuttings and twigs of certain 
Prunus species from the United States of Americ a, and correction of Resolution No. 8.958 
of 2014) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 2 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHL/15_3242_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The presence of Cherry necrotic rusty mottle disease (Cherry 
necrotic rusty mottle virus) has been reported in Chile. Consequently, the phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Chile of plants, cuttings and twigs of the 
species Prunus dulcis , P. mahaleb , P. cerasus , P. avium , P. domestica , P. salicina , P. 
cerasifera , P. armeniaca , P. persica  and P. persica  var. nucipersica  from the United States 
of America, must be updated. 
Corrections also need to be made to Agriculture and Livestock Service Resolution No. 
8.958 of 5 December 2014. 
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.) International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1, 8 and 20 G/SPS/N/CHL/511 
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  [ ] 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: 
Resolución N° 3.435 de 2004 del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero  (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service Resolution No. 3.435 of 2004)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 11 August 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 11 August 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 11 August 2015 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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