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6 July 2022 
(22-5216) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 5 July 2 022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Chile. 
 
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Resolución 3.540/2022 . Modifica Resolución No. 934, de 2020, que fija exigencias sanitarias para 
el retorno a Chile de equinos que salen temporalmente  (Resolution No. 3.540/2022 amending 
Resolution No. 934 of 2020 "Health requirements governing the return to Chile of horses that 
have left the country t emporarily")  
Chile hereby advises that Resolution No. 934 of 2020 "Health requirements governing the return 
to Chile of horses that have left the country temporarily" has been amended by Exempt Resolution 
No. 3.540/2022 . Amendments have been made to clause 1 concerning "horses that are returning 
to Chile afte r leaving the country temporarily, for no longer than 60 days, to participate in 
competitions or other events and not for breeding purposes", increasing this time -frame to 90 
days. This trade -facilitating measure entered into force on 2 9 June 2 022. 
The measure has been amended because , once the 60 -day period expired, the horses were 
required to return under the definitive admission regime, which involves a lengthy quarantine 
period, thereby significantly reducing the competitive performance of the ho rses. The amendment 
has also been made because the increase in the period during which horses may leave Chile from 
60 to 90 days does not entail an increased risk of introducing diseases into the country . 
Further details on this amendment can be found in t he document attached to this notification.  
The remaining measures notified in document G/SPS/N/CHL/599/Add.3 on the entry into force of 
Resolution No. 934 of 2020 remain as follows:  
− If the horses have been away from Chile for longer than 60 days, they must  comply with the 
requirements established for horses entering definitively or under the dual hemisphere shuttle 
system.  
− The country or area where the horses were temporarily kept must be declared officially free 
of African horse sickness by the World Organ isation for Animal Health (OIE).  
− The enclosure where the animals were kept must be free of:  
o Equine Infectious Anaemia, equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern and Western) and 
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis for 90 days prior to shipment;  
o Glanders for six mo nths prior to shipment;  
o Rabies for 12 months prior to shipment.  
− Horses must have been kept in an approved enclosure and been under official monitoring 
during their stay in the country, and had no direct contact with horses outside the competition 
or been u sed for breeding activities.  
− Animals must be clinically healthy at the time of shipment back to Chile.  
− The transportation of animals to the place of shipment must be officially monitored under the 
conditions established by the Resolution.  G/SPS/N/CHL/599/Rev.2/Add.1  
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  − Any treatments for and/or vaccinations against infectious and contagious diseases notifiable 
to the IOE that were administered during the event must be recorded in the health certificate 
and include all relevant information.  
− Animals must bear an official healt h certificate, issued by the competent health authority in 
the host country at the time of shipment . The certificate, which must be issued in Spanish and 
in the official language of the host country, must attest to compliance with the health 
requirements e stablished in this Resolution.  
− Animals must be identified by a microchip that complies with ISO Standard No. 11784 and 
can be read using a reader compatible with ISO Standard No. 11785.  
Further details can be found in the document attached to notification G/SPS/N/CHL/599/Add.3.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHL/22_4525_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comm ents 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period : (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days . Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of the originally announced final date for 
comments, the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): Not applicable  
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  
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  
 
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