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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHL/121
10 January 2003
(03-0128)
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 (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):  Sawn timber and logs
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Argentina
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Phytosanitary
Requirements for the Importation into Chile of Sawn Timber and Logs of Nothofagus Spp.
(Southern Beech) and  Austrocedrus Chilensis  (Chilean cedar) from Argentina  (two pages, in
Spanish).
6. Description of content:  Establishes the phytosanitary requirements for obtaining
authorization to import sawn timber and logs of Argentine origin into Chile.
7. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [   X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[    ] 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 Official Journal.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  26 February 2003G/SPS/N/CHL/121
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12. Final date for comments:  20 February 2003
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: