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16 August  2023 
(23-5560) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero , SAG (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service)  
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) : Tallow or fat of bovine animals, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Modifica la "Resolución Exenta 3.211/2022 que fija 
exigencias sanitarias para la internación a Chile de sebo o grasa de bovino, porcino, ovino, 
caprino y aves, y deja sin efecto resoluciones que indica".  (Amendment to "Exempt 
Resolution No. 3.211 of 2022 establishing sanitary requirements for the importation into 
Chile of tallow or fat of bovine animals, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry, and repealing the 
Resolutions indicated ") Language(s) : Spanish . Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/CHL/23_11744_00_ s.pdf 
6. Description of content : The draft standard seeks to amend "Exempt Resolution No. 
3.211 of 2022 establishing sanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of tallow or 
fat of bovine animals, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry, and repealing the Resolutions 
indicated" of the Agriculture and Livestock Service, as follows:  
• The phrase "Hog fats and edible pig skin" is added after the word "poultry" in the text 
of the Resolution;  
• In paragraph No. 1(b), the phrase "Hog fats" is replaced with "Hog fats, pig fat or 
edible pig skin";  
• In paragraph No. 2, item (a) and points (i) and (ii) are replaced . Provision of treatment 
options for the products and species identified, for Foot and Mouth Disease and 
Classic al and African Swine Fever . Item (b) is also replaced in this paragraph to the 
effect that if a treatment other than this measure is used, "the health authority may 
present a document, describing in detail the treatment, whose efficacy or capacity to 
inactivate the virus(es) of interest is scientifically demonstrated, for evaluation by the 
SAG".  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
7. 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.  G/SPS/N/CHL/767  
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Section 8 of the OMSA Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : 
Resolución Exenta No. 3.211/2022 que fija exigencias sanitarias para la internación a Chile 
de sebo o grasa de bovino, porcino, ovino, caprino y aves, y deja sin efecto resoluciones 
que indica  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/CHL/23_11744_01_s.pdf  
(Available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Approximately 80 days from the date of 
circulation of the notification  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Three mo nths after publication in the Official Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 October 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
 