. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHL/168 
16 March 2004  
 
(04-1138) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
10. Member to Agreement notifying:   CHILE
     
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:    Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG)     
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   Nursery stock     
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:    All 
regions and countries exporting propa gative plant material to Chile.      
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:   Regulates the 
authorization system for establishments pr oducing nursery stock for export to Chile 
(3 pages, in Spanish).    
6. Description of content:   Establishes a voluntary system of verification and evaluation at 
source of processes and controls designed to ensure compliance with Chile's phytosanitary 
requirements, in order to authorize entry into  the country of nursery stock that is either 
subject to a simplified system of post-entry quarantine or exempt from this process on arrival in the country.      
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,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] 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:    Upon publication in the Diario Oficial  (Official 
Journal).     
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   3 June 2004     G/SPS/N/CHL/168 
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12. Final date for comments:   30 April 2004      
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X] 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:        
 
 
 
 