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14 December  2021 
(21-9311) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero , SAG (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicate d if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores de Chile (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Fertilizers 
and biostimulants  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Establece 
tolerancias para resultados de análisis oficial de composición y parámetros de calidad para 
fertilizantes y bioestimulantes que se internen, fabriquen, formulen, envasen, 
comercialic en y utilicen en el país  (Tolerances for results of official analysis of composition 
and quality parameters for fertilizers and biostimulants brought into and manufactured, 
formulated, packaged, marketed  and used in the country) (26 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes tolerance ranges for the 
composition and quality parameters applicable to each type of fertilizer and biostimulant, 
as appropriate, when grading the results of official analyses.  
It also defines the met hodologies for analysing composition, quality parameters, 
contaminants and pollutants to ensure consistency in the results of analyses, irrespective 
of where they are carried out.  
Further d etails can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health ; Protection of the environment.  
8. Relevant documents : Law No. 21.349 establishing standards for the composition, 
labelling and marketing of fertilizers and biostimulants.  G/TBT/N/CHL/585  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretar ía de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2- 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2- 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
 
https://w ww.minagri.gob.cl/consulta -publica -proyecto -de-reglamento -de-la-ley-n-
21349 -y-resoluciones -complementarias/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/CHL/21_7728_00_ s.pdf 
 