G/SPS/N/CHL/430  
 
27 February 2013  
(13-1039)  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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Fresh Hass avocado pears  (Persea americana ) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[] All trading partners  [X] Specific regions or countries:  Peru  
5. Title of the notified document: Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación a 
frutos frescos para consumo de palta (Persea americana) variedad Hass, procedentes de los departamentos del Perú que se indican, Deroga Resolución N° 2.948 de 2010 y 
Aprueba Plan de Trabajo (Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into 
Chile of fresh Hass avocado pears  (Persea americana ) for consumption from certain 
departments of Peru, abrogation of Resolu tion No. 2.948 of 2010, and approval of the 
work plan).    
Language(s): Spanish  Number of pages: 3 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/CHL/13_0905_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The pest risk analysis for quarantine pests affecting 
fresh Hass avocado pears has been updated on the basis of new scientific information. 
A decision was taken that phytosanitary treatment for fruit flies was not required for this product but that phytosanitary requirements needed to be established for the pests Ferrisia malvastra , Ferrisia virgata , Nipaecoccus nipae  and Stenoma catenifer  
(quarantine pests absent from Chile). 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CHL/430 
 
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8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] 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: 
Resolución N° 2.948 de 2010 del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service Resolution No. 2.948 of 2010) (available in Spanish). 
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/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 April 2013  
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
E-mail: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
E-mail: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl