G/SPS/N/CHL/489
12 November 2014
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Veterinary drugs in food of animal origin. 
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: Norma Técnica que Establece la Actualización de los 
Límites Máximos de Residuos de Medicamentos  Veterinarios en Alimentos Destinados al 
Consumo Humano: Artículo 280 del Reglamento Sanitario de los Alimentos, Dto. N° 977/96, Del Ministerio de Salud  (Technical standard updating the maximum residue limits 
for veterinary drugs in food for human co nsumption: Article 280 of the Food Health 
Regulations, Decree No. 977/96 of the Ministry of Health) Language(s): Spanish Number 
of pages: 28 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CHL/14_5025_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The notified text updates the maximum residue limits for 
veterinary drugs in food which are established in Ministry of Health Resolution No. 1462 of 
1999. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X ] food safety, [ ] 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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission ( e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ) 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM 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 standard: The majority of maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs are G/SPS/N/CHL/489 
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  based on the Codex; where no Codex standard exists, EU or US standards are used.  
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) : To be established. 
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) : 11 January 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: 
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl