. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/W/181 
8 December 2005 
 
 (05-5834) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF RECOGNITION OF PEST- AND 
DISEASE-FREE ZONES 
 
Communication by Chile  
 
 
 The following communication, received on 5 D ecember 2005, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Chile.  
_______________ 
 
 1. Just as the Committee decided, th rough the notification system, to support the development of 
principles such as equivalence, and more recently, sp ecial and differential treatment, it would perhaps 
be useful to consider a similar procedure for th e recognition of pest- and disease-free zones, thereby 
helping to develop the principle of regionalization. 
2. Attached hereto is a proposed notification form that could constitute a useful contribution to 
the implementation of the principle of regionalization as regards transparency. 
3. This proposed form could be seen as complement ary to the other actions developed within the 
Committee to enhance the application of the principle. 
4. The form could be submitted by an exporting or an importing Member.  While it is more 
likely to be used by exporting Members, there is nothing to prevent an importing Member that so 
wishes from submitting such notifications. 
5. The form could be filled out in full or in part  depending on the stage reached in the process, 
and a further notification could be submitted once the process has been completed. 
6. Since the document is a proposal, the individual poi nts have not been developed in any detail.  
However, they are easy enough to comprehend a nd depending on what the Committee decides, a 
procedure could be developed for the completion of a notification model. G/SPS/W/181 
Page 2  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF RECOGNITION OF PEST- AND DISEASE-FREE ZONES 
  
1. Member notifying: .............................................................................................................. .......... 
2. Request for recognition submitted by:  (Member)........................................................................ 
 Entity that submitted the request: ............................................................................................ ..... 
 3. Member to which the request for recognition was addressed:...................................................... 
 Entity to which the request was submitted: .................................................................................. 
 
4. Date of the request for recognition: ........................................................................................... ... 
5. Free of:  (pest or disease).................................................................................................... .......... 
 .............................................................................................................................. ........................ 
 
6. Definition of the zone:  (if entire country, please mention).......................................................... 
 .............................................................................................................................. ........................ 
 7. Communication of status to the OIE or the IPPC:  NO    YES    Date ......................................... 
8. OIE verification and recognition:  NO    YES    Date................................................................... 
9. Country had free status and pest or  disease reintroduced:  NO    YES......................................... 
10. Received reply to request:  NO    YES ......................................................................................... 
11. Date of recognition or rejection: .............................................................................................. ..... 
12. Reason for rejection:.......................................................................................................... ........... 
............................................................................................................................... ........................ 
 
............................................................................................................................... ........................ 
 
............................................................................................................................... ........................ 
  
__________