WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHL/111
19 August 2002
(02-4495)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CHILE
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Agriculture and Livestock Service
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Dried chilli peppers and paprika
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All
countries which export these products to Chile.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Phytosanitary
Requirements for the Importation of Dried Chilli Peppers and Paprika.  Supplement to
Resolution No. 3801 of 1998  (2 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  Establishes phytosanitary requirements for the importation of
dried chilli peppers and paprika.
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [    ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft Agriculture
and Livestock Service Resolution, available in Spanish.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  30 days after publication in the Official Journal.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  5 November 2002
12. Final date for comments:  30 September 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: