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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHL/357 
30 May 2011 
 (11-2703) 
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):  Plant products 
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:  Establece categorización de productos según su Riesgo 
de Plagas y Deroga Resolución N° 3.801 de 1998 (Categorization of commodities 
according to their pest risk and abrogation of Resolution No. 3.801 of 1998) Language(s):  Spanish  Number of pages:   5 
6. Description of content:  The notified text updates Resolution No. 3.801 of 1998 and 
harmonizes concepts relating to the classifica tion of imported products into phytosanitary 
risk categories following the approval in April 2009 of International Standards For 
Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 32 "Cate gorization of commodities according to their 
pest risk" by the Commission on Phytosanitary  Measures (CPM) of the International Plant 
Protection Convention (IPPC). 
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  G/SPS/N/CHL/357 
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   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 Resolution No. 3.801 of 1998 
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) :  Date of 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) :  29 July 2011 
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