G/SPS/N/CHL/547  
11 July 2017 
(17-3721) Page: 1/3 
Committee on San itary 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 nat ional 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Walnuts ( Juglans regia ) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regi ons or countries : India 
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para 
frutos secos con cáscara para consumo de nueces ( Juglans regia ), procedentes de India  
(Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Chile of in -shell walnuts 
(Juglans regia ) from India) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CHL/17_3131_00_s .pdf 
6. Description of content:  
1. The notified text establishes phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Chile 
of in-shell walnuts ( Juglans regia ) from India.  
2. To enter the country, shipments must be covered by an official phytosanitary 
certifica te issued by the phytosanitary authority of the country of origin . This 
document must declare that:  
2.1 The shipment has been fumigated with phosphine at normal atmospheric 
pressure, in the manner specified in point 3 of the notified text, with a view to 
controlling Alcidodes porrectirostris  (Marshall) (Synonym : Neomecyslobus 
porrectirostris ) (Col. : Curculionidae) ; and that  
2.2 The shipment has been treated to control Trogoderma granarium  (Col.: 
Dermestidae).  
3. The following phosphine fumigation treatment wil l be accepted to ensure the control of 
Trogoderma granarium  (Coleoptera : Dermestidae) and Alcidodes porrectirostris  
(Marshall) (Synonym : Neomecyslobus porrectirostris ) (Col. : Curculionidae) and must 
be specified in Section III of the phytosanitary certific ate, together with the product, 
dose, exposure time, temperature and date of treatment.  
PRODUCT : PHOSPHINE (normal atmospheric pressure)  
 DOSE  EXPOSURE TIME  MINIMUM PRODUCT TEMPERATURE  
(g PH3/m3)  (days)  (°C) 
 9 5 >21°C  
The fumigation treatment must be supe rvised by an inspector from the Department of 
Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) and carried out by the NPPO 
or an entity that has been certified and registered by the DAC&FW.  G/SPS/N/CHL/547  
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Shipments must be treated no more than a month before they a re exported.  
4. Once fumigated, shipments must be kept protected while in storage and while being 
dispatched and transported to Chile.  
5. Shipments must be free of soil and other plant remains.  
6. Packaging must be new (repackaging is not permitted), closed, resist ant to handling, 
and labelled or marked in accordance with the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) 
regulations currently in force.  
7. The wood used for packaging, pallets and packing materials must comply with 
quarantine regulations when entering the coun try. 
8. The packaging materials used must allow for potential quarantine treatments to be 
carried out at points of entry.  
9. SAG officials at the authorized port of entry will inspect shipments upon their arrival in 
Chile, verify their compliance with the releva nt 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, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Aliment arius 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) Nos. 1, 2 and 20  
[ ] 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 
internati onal 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 o f 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) : 9 September 2 017 
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 G/SPS/N/CHL/547  
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  Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email:  sps.chile@sag.gob.cl