. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHL/350 
12 April 2011 
 (11-1813) 
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):  Grains, seeds and other products for consumption and processing 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Argentina, Australia, Paraguay, European Union  
5. Title of the notified document:  Modifica Resolución Nº 2.677 de 1999 que Establece 
Regulaciones de Importación para Granos y Otros Productos, Destinados a Consumo e 
Industrialización (Amendment to Resolution No. 2.677 of 1999 establishing regulations 
governing the importation into Chile of grai ns, seeds and other products for consumption 
and processing) Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Pest risk analyses have been conducted for quarantine pests 
affecting the following grains and seeds for consumption:  Brassica napus , Guizotia 
abyssinica , Oryza sativa  and Papaver somniferum .  This has made it possible to establish 
the relevant 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 G/SPS/N/CHL/350 
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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:  Resolución 
del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero Nº 2.677 de 1999 (Agriculture and Livestock Service 
Resolution No. 2.677 of 1999). 
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) :  11 June 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