WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHL/88
10 August 2001
(01-3967)
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:  Undersecretariat for Fisheries, Ministry of the Economy
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).  Hydrobiological species.   Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the
extent relevant or practicable:  All countries exporting such products to Chile.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:
Approval of  Certification Regulations and Other Sanitary Requirements for
Importing Hydrobiological Species into Chile.
Abrogation of Decree No. 325 of 1999 of the Ministry of the Economy,
Development and Reconstruction (11 pages).
5. Description of content:  Establishes and updates the sanitary requirements for importing
hydrobiological species into Chile and regulates the corresponding certification process.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft Decree of the
Undersecretariat for Fisheries (in Spanish).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Upon publication in the Official Journal
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  30 September 2001
11. Final date for comments:  14 September 2001
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Undersecretariat for Fisheries
Tel.:  (56-32) 502 795
Fax:  (56-32) 819 200
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: