G/SPS/N/CHL/575  
20 July 2018 
(18-4578) 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  (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) : Caper ( Capparis spinosa ) plants  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the  extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Argentina  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece Requisitos Fitosanitarios de Importación para 
Plantas de Alcaparra (Capparis spinosa) Procedentes  de Argentina (Phytosanitary 
requirements governing the importation of caper ( Capparis spinosa ) plants from Argentina) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CHL/18_3858_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
1. The notified text establishes the phytosanitary requirements gov erning the 
importation of caper ( Capparis spinosa ) plants from Argentina . For the purpose of 
this Resolution, bare -rooted Capparis spinosa  plants shall be understood to mean 
young herbaceous plants with roots, leaves and stems, and without flowers . 
2. In order to enter the country, shipments must be covered by an official 
phytosanitary certificate issued by the Argentine phytosanitary authority, which 
shall contain an additional declaration stating that the plant material to be 
imported comes from an offic ially certified production programme or from 
germplasm nurseries or repositories controlled by the Argentine phytosanitary 
authority.  
3. Furthermore, the material must comply with the following phytosanitary 
requirements which will be verified during the phyt osanitary inspection at the point 
of entry:  
a. Shipments must be free of soil, flower buds and flowers.  
b. Accompanying substrates and/or materials used to protect the seedlings or 
preserve humidity must comply with current regulations governing the 
entry of inert substrates for plants.  
c. Packaging must be new (repackaging is not permitted), closed, resistant to 
handling, and labelled or marked in accordance with the Agriculture and 
Livestock Service (SAG) regulations currently in force.  G/SPS/N/CHL/575  
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  4. For materials modified g enetically by modern biotechnology, the importer must 
declare their genetic status and comply with SAG regulations establishing 
requirements for their importation and release into the environment.  
5. Each shipment will be inspected by the SAG at the point of entry for the physical 
and documentary inspection of the established phytosanitary requirements . Where 
pests are detected during inspection, phytosanitary risk management measures 
will be applied in accordance with the identified risk.  
7. Objective and ra tionale : [ ] 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 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. ) 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 
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 and/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 18 September 2 018 
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