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G/SPS/N/CHL/393 
5 June 2012 
 (12-2958) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Propagation material 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners [X] Specific regions or countries:  European Union  
5. Title of the notified document:  Establece Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Importación 
de Material de Reproducción que se indica, pr ocedentes de los Estados Miembros de la 
Comunidad Europea y Deroga Resolucion es Nº 6.067 de 2005 y 1.989 de 2006 
(Phytosanitary requirements governing the impor tation into Chile of certain propagation 
material from European Community Member States and abrogation of Resolutions Nos. 6.067 of 2005 and 1.989 of 2006) Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  17 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/CHL/12_2162_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  Regulations governing the importa tion into Chile of plants, 
cuttings and twigs of the following species:  Prunus avium , Prunus amygdalus  
(= P. dulcis ), Prunus cerasus , Prunus domestica , Prunus salicina , Prunus persica , Prunus 
persica  var. nucipersica, Prunus armeniaca , Malus domestica  (= M. pumila ), Pyrus 
communis , Citrus  spp., Rubus idaeus , Rubus occidentalis  and Vaccinium  spp.;  rooted and 
unrooted cuttings of Fragaria  x ananassa ;  and unrooted cuttings of Vitis vinifera , Vitis 
riparia , Vitis rupestris  and Vitis berlandieri . 
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/393 
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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:  Resoluciones 
N° 6.067 de 2005 y 1.989 de 2006 del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero  (Agriculture and 
Livestock Service Resolutions Nos. 6.067 of 2005 and 1.989 of 2006) 
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) :  4 August 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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