G/SPS/N/ CHL/553  
24 October  2017 
(17-5755) 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) : Provisions regulating diseases that affect Apis mellifera  and that can 
be introduced a nd transmitted by Bombus spp . 
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 : Establece exigencias sanitarias para la internación a 
Chile de especies de Bombus  spp. (Health requirements for the entry into Chile of species 
of Bombus  spp.) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CHL/17_4706_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes specific health requirements for t he 
entry into Chile of species of Bombus  spp. with respect to the following:  
‒ The health status of the country or area of origin;  
‒ The establishments of origin of the colonies;  
‒ Pre-shipment quarantine;  
‒ Transport and shipment conditions;  
‒ Health certification, quarantine at destination.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [X] animal health , [ ] plant protection,  [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CHL/553  
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  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) : 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code , chapter number) : Terrestrial Code : Section 9 (Apidae), 
Chapter 9.4  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : 
Resolución N° 2229/2001 de la Dirección Nacional del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero  
(Resolution No. 2229/2 001 of the National Directorate of the Agriculture and Livestock 
Service) (available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 90 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) : This Resolution will enter into force upon its publication in the Official 
Journal.  
Those establishments previously authorized by the Agriculture and Livestock Service will 
be granted six months from the date of entry into force of this Resolution to comply with 
the requirements set forth therein.  
All establishments wishing to export to Chile for the first time must com ply with this 
Resolution from the date of its entry into force.  
[ ] 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) : 22 December 2 017 
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