G/SPS/N/CHL/589  
19 December  2018 
(18-8025) 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) : Dried walnuts ( Juglans regia ), in shell and shelled  
4. Regions or countries likely to  be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Argentina  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para 
frutos secos con y sin cáscara de nuez ( Juglans regia ), procedentes de Argentina  
(Phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of in -shell and shelled walnuts 
(Juglans regia ) from Argentina) . Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CHL/18_6491_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft establishes phytosanitary requirements for 
the importation into Chile of in -shell and shelled walnuts ( Juglans regia ) from Argentina:  
1. To enter the country, a shipment must be covered by an official phytosanitary 
certificate, issued by the phytosanitary authority of the country of origin, with an 
additional declaration that the shipment has undergon e quarantine treatment 
[identify the treatment in Section III of the phytosanitary certificate] for the control 
of Amyelois transitella  (Lep.: Pyralidae) ; 
2. The following alternatives will be accepted as quarantine treatment s for the control of 
Amyelois tran sitella  (Lep.: Pyralidae):  
fumigant : methyl bromide (normal atmospheric pressure) (USDA/APHIS/PPQ . 
Treatment manual . T302-e-1-MB) 
fumigant : phosphine (normal atmospheric pressure) (FAO, Manual of fumigation for 
insect control)  
3. In the case of fumigation with methyl bromide, the treatment must be carried out in 
facilities jointly approved by the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) and the 
National Agriculture and Food Quality and Health Service (SENASA), prior to 
commencement of the export programme, i n accordance with the procedure 
established in the "Bilateral Protocol on the Authorization, Supervision and Auditing 
of Quarantine Treatment Application Centres";  
4. Once the treatment is completed, the shipment must remain protected at all times 
until its a rrival in Chile in order to maintain its phytosanitary status;  
5. Shipments must be free of soil and other plant remains;  
6. Packaging must be new (repackaging is not permitted), closed, resistant to handling, 
and labelled or marked in accordance with the SAG re gulations in force;  
7. The wood used for packaging, pallets and packing materials must comply with the 
quarantine regulations for importation;  
8. The packaging materials used must allow for potential quarantine treatments to be 
carried out at points of entry;  G/SPS/N/CHL/589  
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  9. SAG officials at the authorized port of entry will inspect shipments upon their arrival 
in Chile, verify their compliance with the relevant phytosanitary requirements, and 
decide, on the basis of the accompanying documentation, whether their entry should 
be authorized or whether appropriate measures should be adopted in accordance with 
existing legislation.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] 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) : 
[ ] World 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) No. 1: 
Phytosanitary principles for the protection  of plants and the application of 
phytosanitary measures in international trade (FAO, 2006), International 
Plant Protection Convention (IPPC);  
 ISPM No. 2: Guidelines for pest risk analysis (FAO, 2006), IPPC, and ISPM 
No. 11: Pest risk analysis for quaranti ne pests, given that a pest risk analysis 
was carried out prior to the establishment of the requirements ; and 
 ISPM No. 20: Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system (FAO, 
2004), IPPC.  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the rele vant 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 publicat ion 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 ): 17 February 2 019 
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 . Addre ss, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl