. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHL/136 
17 June 2010 
 (10-3316) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CHILE
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero , SAG  (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service) Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or au thority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Organic agricultural 
products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Modificación 
Decreto Supremo N°17 que oficializa Normas Técnicas de la ley N°20.089, que crea 
Sistema Nacional de Reglamentación de Pr oductos Orgánicos Agrícola y Decreto Supremo 
N°36 que aprobó Reglamento de la Ley N°20.089 (Amendment to Supreme Decree No. 17 
which approves the technical standards of Law No. 20.089 establishing the National 
System for the Regulation of Organic Agricu ltural Products, and to Supreme Decree No. 36 
which approves the regulations to Law No. 20.089) (14 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft technical regulation responds to the need to 
enhance rules and regulations governing the assessment of synt hetic inert substances, active 
substances and co-formulants in pest-contro l products used in organic agriculture, 
registration requirements for certification bodies, and veterinary care in organic livestock production.  It also addresses the need to intr oduce the principle of gradualness in respect of 
the use of pesticides. 
The text seeks to bring certain definitions in to line with the criteria set forth in the FAO 
document "International Standards for Phyto sanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 5, Glossary of 
phytosanitary terms (2007)". 
Finally, the text seeks to bring the criteria for the incorporation of authorized and restricted 
substances and compounds, listed in the various annexes of Supreme Decree No. 17, into 
line with the international principles found in  comparative legislation and recommended by 
the FAO and the WHO. G/TBT/N/CHL/136 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To protect health, human life and the environm ent and to clarify the inputs authorized 
under current regulations with a view to facilitating trade. 
8. Relevant documents:   Amendment to Supreme Decree No. 17 which approves the 
technical standards of Law No. 20.089 establis hing the National System for the Regulation 
of Organic Agricultural Products, and to Supreme Decree No. 36 which approves the 
regulations to Law No. 20.089. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }The corresponding decree will be issued 
once the time required for analysing comments has elapsed. 
10. Final date for comments:   16 August 2010 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Departamento de Acceso a Mercados 
Dirección General de Relacion es Económicas Internacionales 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores 
Teatinos 180, piso 11 Tel.: +(56)-2-8275491 Fax: +(56)-2-3809494 E-mail: tbt_chile@direcon.cl  
Text also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/chl/10_2405_00_s.pdf