G/SPS/N/CHL/588  
19 December  2018 
(18-8036) 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 almonds ( Prunus dulcis ), 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 : Australia  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para 
frutos secos con y sin cáscara de almendro ( Prunus dulcis ), procedentes de Australia  
(Phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of in -shell and shelled almonds 
(Prunus dulcis ) from Australia) . Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CHL/18_6490_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft resolution establishes the following 
phytosan itary requirements for the importation of in -shell and shelled almonds ( Prunus 
dulcis ) from Australia:  
1. To enter the country, shipments must be covered by an official phytosanitary 
certificate issued by the phytosanitary authority of the country of origin, without 
additional declarations;  
2. Shipments must be free of soil and other plant remains;  
3. Packaging must be new (repackaging is not permitted), closed, resistant to handling, 
and labelled or marked in accordance with the Agriculture and Livestock Service 
(SAG) regulations in force;  
4. The wood used for packaging, pallets and packing materials must comply with the 
quarantine regulations for importation;  
5. The packaging materials used must allow for potential quarantine treatments to be 
carried out at points of ent ry; 
6. 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 shou ld 
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.  G/SPS/N/CHL/588  
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  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 An imal 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 quarantine 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 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 ): 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