G/SPS/N/CHL/532  
25 November  2016 
(16-6497) 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 nat ional 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Jatropha curcas  seeds  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners, or  
[X] Specific re gions or countries : India 
5. Title of the notified document : Modifica Resolución Nº 2.858 de 2008 que establece 
Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Internación de Semillas de la Especie de Cultivo Industrial 
de los orígenes que indica  (Amendment to Resoluti on No. 2.858 of 2008 laying down 
phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of industrial crop seeds from 
certain places of origin) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
6. Description of content : The notified text amends Article 1 of Agr iculture and Livestock 
Service Resolution No. 2.858 of 2008 laying down phytosanitary requirements for the 
importation into Chile of industrial crop seeds from certain places of origin, by adding the 
following place of origin and phytosanitary import requi rements for the species Jatropha 
curcas : 
 SPECIES : Jatropha ( Jatropha curcas ); 
 ORIGIN : India; 
 Phytosanitary requirements : The consignment has been treated (specify the treatment 
in Section III of the phytosanitary certificate) for the control of Colletotric hum capsici  
or is from a nursery that was inspected during the active growth period and found to 
be free from Colletotrichum capsici . 
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plan t 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)  
[ ] Worl d 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 Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1, 2, 11 and 20.  G/SPS/N/CHL/532  
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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 availa ble: 
Resolución N° 6065 del 2016 del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero  (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service Resolution No. 6065 of 2016)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 60 days from the date of circulation of the 
notification.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [X] Six months from date of publication, 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for com ments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 24 January 2 017 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email addr ess (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