G/SPS/N/CHL/587  
19 December  2018 
(18-8037) 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) : Plant material as in vitro  tissue cultures  
4. Regions or countries likely to be a ffected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document : Modifica la Resolución Nº 633 de 2003, que establece 
requisitos para la importación de material vegetal como cultivo de tejido  in vitro 
(Amendment to Resolution No. 633 of 2003 establishing requirements for the importation 
of plant material as in vitro  tissue cultures) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CHL/18_6488_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft amends Resolution No. 633 of 2003, which 
establishes requirements for the importation of plant material as in vitro  tissue cultures, 
as follows:  
1.1. The following species and certifiable plant pathogen shall be added, in the appropriate 
alphabetical order, to point 4.3, under the subheading "A . With additional declaration" of 
the heading "Ornamentals":  
Species  Certifiable plant pathogens  
Phoenix dactylifera  Palm lethal yellowing phytoplasma  
1.2. The species Gazania splendens  and Kalmia latifolia  shall be added, in the appropriate 
alphabetical order, to point 4.3, under the subheading "B . Without additional declaration" 
of the heading "Ornamentals".  
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.  
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 Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No.)  G/SPS/N/CHL /587 
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   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 im port 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 an d/or (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 . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl