. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHL/328 
8 July 2010  
 (10-3728) 
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):  Organs of ruminants 
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 Medida Sanitaria de Destrucción de Órganos 
de Rumiantes según Categoría de Riesgo para Encefalopatía Espongiforme Bovina 
(Amendment to the sanitary measure concer ning the destruction of ruminant organs 
according to Bovine Spongiform En cephalopathy (BSE) risk category) Language:  Spanish 
Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  The notified text establishes the sanitary measure concerning the 
destruction of organs considered to be Sp ecified Risk Material (SRM), defined in 
accordance with Chile's BSE Risk Category unde r the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] 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)  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Recommendations in Chapter 11.6 on 
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None G/SPS/N/CHL/328 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] 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° 5.037 y 5.338 de 2005, que establecen me didas sanitarias de prevención de las 
encefalopatías espongiformes transmisibles, del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (Agriculture 
and Livestock Service (SAG) Resolutions Nos. 5.037 and 5.338 of 2005 "Establishing 
sanitary measures to prevent transmi ssible spongiform encephalopathies"). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  60 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) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
Measure implemented at national level and notified to the WTO to ensure greater 
transparency.  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  6 September 2010 
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:  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: