WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHL/134
13 June 2003
(03-3117)
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 (SAG)
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):   Seeds for fruit and vegetable crops and aromatic and medicinal plants
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   All
regions and countries.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Import Requirements for
Seeds for Fruit and Vegetable Crops and Aromatic and Medicinal Plants and Amendment
to Resolution No. 3106 of 2000 (3 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  Establishes the requirements for importing seeds for fruit and
vegetable crops and aromatic and medicinal plants into Chile.
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, guid eline 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:  Upon publication in the Official Journal.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   4 July 2003
12. Final date for comments:  24 June 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification
authority, [ X ] 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: