G/SPS/N/CHL/788  
6 May 2024 
(24-3584) 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) : Honey bee semen extracted from drones of the species Apis mellifera  
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 internación de semen 
de zánganos a Chile y deroga la Resolución que indica (Health requirements for the entry 
into Chile of drone bee semen and repeal of the Resolution indicated) Language(s) : 
Spanish . Number of pages : 2 
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/CHL/24_03060_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes health requirements, including 
those pertaining to the country or area of origin, the production centre of  origin and the 
necessary health certification.  
The requirements include:  
1. The semen must come from areas where African or Africanized bees are not present or 
from centres where the absence of Africanization is scientifically proven, and which 
must be positively assessed by SAG.  
2. The semen must come from centres that have been under the official control of the 
health authority for the last two years, and that have been authorized to export to 
Chile by SAG . In addition, in the three months prior to semen extraction, there must 
have been no cases of diseases transmitted by this vector.  
3. There must be an official health certificate, with specific health information and 
additional information identifying the establishment, the genetic line, the semen straws 
and the mode of transport.  
Further details can be found in the draft Resolution 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.  G/SPS/N/CHL/788  
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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) : 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapter 4.15 and Section 9 of the 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health 
(WOAH)  
[ ] 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, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international st andard:  
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) : 5 July 2 024 
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