. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHL/336 
2 November 2010  
 (10-5800) 
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):  Fresh  beans in pod and fresh peas in pod 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Peru and Argentina  
5. Title of the notified document:  Modifica Resoluciones Nº 4.657 y N° 4.658 de 2006 que 
establecen requisitos para el ingreso de vegetal es frescos, para consumo, procedentes de 
Perú y Argentina, respectivamente (Amendment to Resolutions Nos. 4.657 and 4.658 of 
2006 establishing requirements for the importatio n into Chile of fresh vegetables for 
consumption from Peru and Argentina respectively)  Language:  Spanish Number 
of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Amendment to Resolution No. 4.657 of 2006 establishing 
requirements for the importation into Chile of  fresh vegetables for consumption from Peru 
and to Resolution No. 4.658 of 2006 establishing requirements for the importation into Chile of fresh vegetables for consumption fr om Argentina.  The quarantine pest risk 
analysis for Maruca testulalis  (=M. vitrata ) (Lep.:  Pyralidae) in relation to fresh beans 
(Phaseolus vulgaris ) in pod and fresh peas ( Pisum sativum ) in pod from Peru and 
Argentina, which took into consideration all the possible pathways of introduction of the 
pest into Chile, concluded that this was not a quarantine pest for Chile, given its low 
potential for establishment and low potential economic importance. 
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.  G/SPS/N/CHL/336 
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  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 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:  Agriculture 
and Livestock Service Resolutions No. 4.657 of 2006 and No. 4.658 of 2006 (available in 
Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  30 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) :  As from the date of publication in the Official Journal 
[X] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
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