G/SPS/N/CHL/591  
4 January  2019 
(19-0053) Page: 1/3 
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) : Pistachios ( Pistacia vera ) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación de 
frutos secos de pistachos (Pistacia vera) procedentes de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica  
(Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation of pistachios ( Pistacia vera ) from 
the United States of Amercia) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHL/19_0060_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
1. The notified text establishes the following phytosanitary requir ements governing the 
importation of pistachios ( Pistacia vera ) from the United States of America:  
2. To enter the country, a shipment must be covered by an official phytosanitary 
certificate, issued by the phytosanitary authority of the country of origin, wit h an 
additional declaration that the shipment has undergone quarantine treatment 
[identify the treatment in Section III of the phytosanitary certificate] for the control 
of Amyelois transitella  (Lep.: Pyralidae) and Megastigmus pistaceae  (Hym. : 
Torymidae).  
The following alternatives will be accepted as phytosanitary treatments for the control 
of Amyelois transitella  (Lep.: Pyralidae) and Megastigmus pistaceae  (Hym. : 
Torymidae):  
Fumigant : methyl bromide (normal atmospheric pressure)  
or 
fumigant : phosphine (normal atmospheric pressure).  
3. Once the treatment is completed, the shipment must remain protected at all times 
until its arrival in Chile in order to maintain its phytosanitary status.  
4. Shipments must be free of leaves and other plant remains.  
5. Packaging mu st 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/591  
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  6. The wood used for packaging, pallets and packing materials must c omply with 
quarantine regulations when entering the country.  
7. The packaging materials used must allow for potential quarantine treatments to be 
carried out at points of entry.  
8. SAG officials at the authorized port of entry will inspect shipments upon their a rrival 
in Chile, verify their compliance with the relevant 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, [ ] 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.)  
 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 o f the requirements;  
 ISPM No. 20: Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system (FAO, 
2004), IPPC ; and 
 ISPM No. 36: Integrated measures for plants for planting (FAO, 2012), 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 : [X] 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 ): 5 March 2 019 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl   G/SPS/N/CHL/591  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authorit y, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl