G/SPS/N/CHL/525  
5 July 2016  
(16-3604)  Page: 1/3  
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): Asparagus spears 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: Peru 
5. Title of the notified document: Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para la 
importación a Chile de turiones de espárragos (Asparagus officinalis) para consumo en estado fresco, procedentes de Perú, y modifica Resolución N° 4.657, de 2006, de este Servicio  (Establishment of phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Chile 
of fresh asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis ) spears for consumption from Peru, and 
amendment of Resolution No. 4.657 of 2006 of the Agriculture and Livestock Service) 
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 3 
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/CHL/16_2677_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: 
1. The following phytosanitary requirements ha ve been established for the importation of 
fresh asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis ) spears for consumption from Peru, which must 
be verified by an inspector from the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of 
Peru (the National Agrarian Health Serv ice - SENASA), prior to the issuance of a 
phytosanitary certificate: 
1.1 To be imported into the country, shipments must be covered by an official 
phytosanitary certificate (original copy) issued by SENASA, which contains an additional declaration stating the following: The shipment has been inspected and been found free from Prodiplosis longifila and Elasmopalpus lignosellus . 
1.2 Shipments of asparagus spears must come from registered establishments, which 
have a unique producer code, have been officially verified by SENASA, and implement integrated pest management for the control of P. longifila and E. 
lignosellus, which has been  verified by SENASA. 
1.3 The packaging establishments responsible for processing fresh asparagus spears to 
be imported into Chile must be registered and authorized by SENASA and must 
have a unique packaging code. 
1.4 Furthermore, the phytosanitary certific ate must state the name and code of the 
place of production, name and code of  the packaging establishment, seal G/SPS/N/CHL/525 
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  number, department/province/district of origin and season. 
2. Shipments must be free of soil. 
3. Shipments must be free of plant remains. 
4. Modes of transportation will be used excl usively to transport shipments with a similar 
phytosanitary import status (inspected and approved), which must be sealed by the competent phytosanitary authority and duly protected. 
5. Shipments transported by land must be co vered or packed in containers, in order to 
ensure that the phytosanitary status of the shipment is maintained and to prevent contamination. 
6. Shipments transported by sea and other waterways must be stored in containers or in 
the hold, with other shipments that have a similar phytosanitary status. 
7. Shipments transported by air must be stored in containers or pallets that are duly 
packaged and protected. 
8. Shipments must be contained in new packaging and packing materials. Repackaging is 
not permitted. Shipments must bear labels indicating the name and code of the place of production, name and code of the packaging establishment, 
department/province/district of origin and season. 
9. The packaging materials used must allow for potential quarantine fumigation 
treatments to be carried out at points of entry. Shipments without such packaging 
materials will be rejected. 
10. The wood used for packaging, pallets an d packing materials must be bark-free, and 
must also comply with the quarantine regulations for the importation of wood 
packaging. 
11. Shipments will be inspected upon arrival in the country by inspectors from SENASA at 
the point of entry, who will verify complia nce with the phytosanitary requirements and 
conditions, and with the accompanying documentation, will determine whether the 
shipments can be imported. 
12. Article 1 of Resolution No. 4.657 of 2006 has been amended by the removal of the 
species Asparagus officinalis  (asparagus spears). 
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 st andard? 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. ) ISPM Nos 1, 2, 11 
and 20 
[ ] 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° 4.657, de 2006 que establece requisitos para el ingreso de vegetales frescos, para consumo, procedentes de Perú (Resolution No. 4.657 of 2006 establishing 
requirements for the importation into Chile of  fresh vegetables for consumption from Peru) G/SPS/N/CHL/525 
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  (available in Spanish) 
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/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 September 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: 
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl