G/TBT/N/CHL/539  
6 November  2020 
(20-7903) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero , SAG (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicate d if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, SUBREI - Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores de Chile (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Agricultural pesticides  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Modifica 
Resolución N° 1.557, de 2014 del SAG que establece exigencias para la autorización de 
plaguicidas  (Amendment to SAG Resolution No. 1.557 of 2014 establishing requirements 
for the aut horization of pesticides) (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Resolution establishes technical requirements and 
conditions for carrying out the evaluation of substances by equivalence, for which the 
SAG will determine the referen ce standards against which active substances to be 
evaluated through this methodology will be compared . The reference standards to be 
used will be determined in accordance with the modalities established in the draft 
Resolution and other provisions on regi stration by equivalence.  
The amendments to SAG Resolution No. 1.557 of 2014 establishing requirements for the 
authorization of pesticides will be available on the SAG website: http://www.sag.gob.cl/ . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health ; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Decreto Ley N°. 3.557 de 1980 sobre Protección Agrícola ; 
• Resoluciones del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero N° 1.557 de 2014, 92 de 2002, 
2.195 de 2000, 2.196 de 2000, 5.392 de 2009, 2.198 de 2000, 1.404 de 2003, 
1.038 de 2003, 2.229 de 2001, 6.666 de 2009, 7.542 de 2017 y 9.074 de 2018 . G/TBT/N/CHL/539  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : 180 days after publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days after publication in the Official Journ al 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_Chile@subrei.gob.cl  
http://www.sag.cl/quienes -somos/consulta -publica