G/SPS/N/CHL/581  
29 October  2018 
(18-6743) 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) : Laboratory rodents  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relev ant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de Resolución que Fija exigencias sanitarias 
para la internación a Chile de roedores de laboratorio y Deroga Resolución  N°809 de 2003 
(Draft Resolution establishing health requirements governing the entry into Chile of 
laboratory rodents, and repealing Resolution No. 809 of 2003) Language(s) : Spanish 
Number of pages : 3 
Text available at: 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CHL/18_5648_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Resolution establishes the health requirements 
governing the entry into Chile of laboratory rodents:  
1. Laboratory rodents imported into the country must be covered by an official certificate 
issued by the competent health authority in the country of origin . The certificate must 
specify the country, species, establishment of origin, number and identification of the 
animals (breed, sex, age, marks and brands), and the consignee and the identific ation 
of the means of transport.  
2. The animals must come from specific -pathogen -free (SPF) barrier colonies . The 
rodents  must be frequently monitored and be free of clinical signs of viral diseases 
such as ectromelia, Sendai virus, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, California encephalitis 
virus, Argentine haemorrhagic fever (Junín virus) and Bolivian haemorrhagic fever 
(black t yphus), and the following bacterial diseases : salmonella, tularemia, 
leptospirosis, pseudotuberculosis and rat -bite fever.  
3. The animals must come from colonies that are frequently monitored and are free of 
internal and external parasites that may affect lab oratory rodents, including the 
following species : Polyplax serrata , Myobia musculi , Radfordia affinis , Myocoptes 
musculinus and Psorergates Simplex . 
4. The animals must have undergone external and internal antiparasitic treatment within 
the 30 days preceding the shipment.  
5. Upon shipment, the animals must not present with signs of disease or show  evidence 
of external parasites.  
6. Transportation from the place of origin to the place of shipment must be carried out 
under official control in clean and disinfected vehicles, which must not enter into 
contact with anim als that are not being exported.  G/SPS/N/CHL/581  
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  7. Importers shall demonstrate their sta tus as research or diagnostic laboratories and 
meet the requirements that ensure the an imals are properly looked after.  
8. Upon entry into the country, the exotic wildlife authorization resolution issued by the 
Renewable Natural Resources Division of the Agri culture and Livestock Service must 
be submitted, toget her with the health certificate.  
9. Where the species to be imported is included in the appendices of the Convention on 
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the 
requir ements of this Convention and existing regula tions on the matter must be met.  
10. The notified text repeals Exempt Resolution No. 809 of 2003 of the Agriculture and 
Livestock Service establishing health requirements governing the entry into Chile of 
laboratory  rodents.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] 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) : 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Section 8 . Chapte rs 8.13 and 8.18.  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[ ] 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 ): 28 December 2 018 
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  
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