WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHL/66
2 October 2000
(00-3986)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CHILE
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Agriculture and Livestock Service;  Ministry of Agriculture
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). Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Boneless bovine meat.  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the
extent relevant or practicable :  Brazil and Paraguay
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Additional Provisional Measures
with Regard to Imports of Boneless Bovine Meat from Brazil and Paraguay (2 pages)
5. Description of content: Establishes supplementary requirements to protect Chile's foot-
and-mouth-disease-free status, in view of outbreaks and serological diagnoses of the disease
in the River Plate Basin.
6. Objective and rationale:  [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  Emergency measure to protect animal health in
connection with foot-and-mouth-disease.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution No. 2194
of 31 August 2000 of the Agriculture and Livestock Service (available in Spanish)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  On publication in the
Official Journal (Diario Oficial).
11. Texts available from/and 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:           