. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHL/332 
21 September 2010 
 (10-4764) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Seeds of industrial crops 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Mexico  
5. Title of the notified document:  Modifica Resolución N° 2.858  de 2008 que establece 
requisitos fitosanitarios para la internaci ón de semillas de especies de cultivo industrial 
(Amendment to Resolution No. 2.858 of 2008 establishing phytosanitary requirements for 
the importation into Chile of industrial crop seeds) Language:  Spanish Number of 
pages: 2 
6. Description of content:  A pest risk analysis has been  conducted for quarantine pests 
affecting Amaranthus hypochondriacus  seeds intended for propagation.  This has made it 
possible to establish the relevant phytosanitary import requirements. 
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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission  (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 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 No.)  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No  G/SPS/N/CHL/332 
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   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:  Agriculture 
and Livestock Service Resolutions Nos. 3.80 1 of 1998, 3.080 of 2003, 3.139 of 2003, 3.815 
of 2003, 133 of 2005, and 2.858 of 2008, which relate to phytosanitary protection. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  60 days from the date of circulation of the 
notification. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Si x months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
Measure implemented at national level and notified to the WTO to ensure greater 
transparency. 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  20 November 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] 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:  [ ] 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