G/SPS/N/CHL/640  
1 July 2020 
(20-4566) 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 national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Ruminant casings . This term refers to the intestines of bovine 
animals, sheep and goats that, after cleaning, have been proc essed by tissue scraping, 
defatting and washing, and have been treated with salt.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Fija exigencias sanitarias para la importación a Chile 
de tripas de rumiantes y deroga resolución N° 316 de 1992 (Sanitary requirements 
governing the importation into Chile of ruminant casings, and repeal of Resolution No. 
316 of 1992) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/20_3895_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
The notified draft sanitary requirements for the importation of ruminant casings  include 
the following : 
− The country or zone of origin must be recognized by the  OIE as officially free from 
foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination and from sheep and goat plague . It must 
also be officially recognized as having a negligible risk of bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy (BSE) and declared by the OIE to be free from scra pie. 
− The animals must have been born, reared and slaughtered in the country or zone of 
origin . Their slaughter must not have occurred due to disease or in areas subject to 
sanitary restrictions . The animals must have been slaughtered in establishments 
under official control that are free from communicable diseases, with an ante - and 
post-mortem inspection.  
− The slaughterhouses and processing establishments must be authorized by SAG to 
export to Chile . Moreover, the slaughterhouses must be subject to permanent official 
veterinary inspection, and processing establishments to an official supervision 
programme.  
− Products coming from a country free from foot -and-mouth disease with vaccination 
are accepted, provided that they undergo one of the tr eatments outlined in the 
Resolution.  
− There must be compliance with specific transport conditions regarding the sealing, 
hygiene and safety of both the means of transport and packages or containers, which 
must be inspected by the authority prior to shipment . G/SPS/N/CHL/640  
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  − The official sanitary certificate must : include the date of issuance, comply with 
sanitary requirements, be issued in Spanish and the official language of the country 
of origin, and contain specific and detailed information on the origin indicated.  
− Upon arrival in the country, casings may be subject to controls and examinations 
ordered, when justified, by SAG, the cost of which will be borne by users.  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
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) : 
− OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code:  
• Chapter 5.4, Article 5.4.6  
• Chapter 5.7, Article 5.7.3  
• Chapter 8.8, Article 8.8.38  
[ ] 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, de scribe, 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) : Approximately 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 ): 
30 August 2 020 
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