WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHL/110
19 August 2002
(02-4494)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CHILE
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Agriculture and Livestock Service
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):  Dried fruit and vegetables
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All
countries which export these products to Chile.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Phytosanitary
Requirements for Importing Dried Fruit and Vegetables.  Supplement to Resolution
No. 3801 of 1998 and Abrogation of Resolution No. 265 of 1983  (2 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  Establishes phytosanitary requirements for importing dried fruit
and vegetables.
7. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,
[    ] protect territory from other damage from pests
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [    ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft Agriculture
and Livestock Service Resolution, available in Spanish.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  30 days after publication in the Official Journal
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  5 November 2002
12. Final date for comments:  30 September 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: