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6 April 2021 
(21-2836) 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) : Collagen, gelatine , hydrolyzed protein and greaves  
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 : Establece requisitos para la internación de colágeno, 
gelatina, proteína hidrolizadas y chicharrones  (Requirements for the importation of 
collagen, gelatin e, hydrolyzed protein and greaves) Language(s) : Spanish Number of 
pages : 7 
https://members.wto.org/crnat tachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_2448_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified measure establishes health requirements for the 
importation into Chile of collagen, gelatin e, hydrolyzed protein and greaves.  
The measure lays down the requirement that the products' country of origin must be 
recognized by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) as having a negligible risk 
of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and maintain a surveillance programme for 
the disease in accordance with the recommendati ons of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health 
Code.  
Under the measure, the raw material from which the products derive must originate from 
the products' country of manufacture or have been imported from countries that are 
recognized by the OIE as having a negli gible risk of BSE and that maintain a surveillance 
programme for the disease.  
Furthermore, the raw material from which the products originate must come from animals 
that have been slaughtered in abattoirs approved by the competent authority . The 
animals mu st have undergone ante - and post -mortem inspections and be considered 
suitable for human consumption.  
See document attached to this notification for details.  
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/671  
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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) : Chapter 11.5 of the OIE Terrestrial 
Animal Healt h 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:  
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) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] 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, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
 