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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHL/156
12 August 2003
(03-4186)
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 should be provided in addition, where
applicable):   Fresh cherries
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  State of
California, United States of America.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Phytosanitary
Requirements for the Importation into Chile of Fresh Cherries ( Prunus avium ) from the State
of California, United States of America  (3 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  Establishes the phytosanitary requirements for importing fresh
cherries for consumption from the State of California, United States of America, into Chile
and details the operating procedure for including counties in the authorized area.
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:  Upon publication in the Official Journal.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  15 September 2003G/SPS/N/CHL/156
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12. Final date for comments:  5 September 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, [    ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: