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G/SPS/N/CHL/388 
16 May 2012 
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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):  Seeds of fruit species 
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:  Modifica Resoluciones N° 3.305 y N° 3.306 de 2003 que 
Establecen Requisitos para el Ingreso de Se millas de Especies Frutales desde cualquier 
Origen y desde Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, respectivamente  (Amendment to 
Resolutions No. 3.305 and No. 3.306 of 2003 laying down requirements governing the importation into Chile of seeds of fruit species from all countries and regions of origin and from the United States of America, respectively) Language(s):  Spanish Number of 
pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  A pest risk analysis has been  conducted for quarantine pests 
affecting Vitis spp. seeds from all countries and regions of origin (2010_ARP_23), which 
has made it possible to establish the rele vant 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 number)  
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [X] Yes [ ] No G/SPS/N/CHL/388 
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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:  Resoluciones 
N° 3305 y N° 3306 de 2003, del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero  (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service Resolutions Nos. 3305 and 3306 of 2003) (available in Spanish). 
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) :  15 July 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