Notifications for Chile (618 notifications)

The notified text establishes phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Chile of fresh blueberries (Vaccinium corimbosum, Vaccinium ashei and hybrids thereof) for consumption, produced in the states of California, Oregon and Washington, United States of America. Consignments must be covered by an official phytosanitary certificate issued by the country of origin, which contains the following additional declarations: For declarations on Epiphyas postvittana, there are two options depending on whether the area in question is free of this pest or not: Areas free of the pest: "The consignment was produced in the county(ies) of..., in the state(s) of..., where Epiphyas postvittana (Lep.: Tortricidae) has not been detected". Areas where the pest is present: "The consignment was produced in the county(ies) of..., in the state(s) of..., where Epiphyas postvittana (Lep.: Tortricidae) has been detected, and is free of all stages of Epiphyas postvittana (Lep. Tortricidae), in accordance with the risk management programme agreed between SAG and USDA/APHIS". Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.

Chile hereby advises that the Resolution "establishing health requirements governing the importation into Chile of small ruminants destined for slaughter, and repealing Resolution No. 1.446 of 1995", the draft version of which was notified through the World Trade Organization on 28 April 2020 in document G/SPS/N/CHL/632, entered into force on 18 August 2020. https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/20_4986_00_s.pdf

Chile hereby advises that the Resolution amending Resolution No. 3.333 of 2007 establishing phytosanitary requirements governing the importation of seeds of ornamental and certain other species, the draft version of which was notified through the World Trade Organization on 22 April 2020 in document G/SPS/N/CHL/630, entered into force on 21 July 2020. https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/28_4658_00_s.pdf

The notified text amends Exempt Resolution No. 5.733 of 2017 of the Agriculture and Livestock Service establishing health requirements for the importation into Chile of ornamental and recreational birds. It establishes specific health requirements for the entry into Chile of ornamental and recreational birds, including birds for exhibitions, zoos and circuses, and for sale as pets. It also establishes that the only authorized port of entry into Chile is the Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport. The notified text also repeals Exempt Resolution No. 5.459 of 2007, which established health requirements for the importation into Chile of pet birds. Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.

The notified document establishes requirements governing the importation into Chile of fresh Citrus latifolia and Citrus aurantifolia for consumption, produced in Peru. To enter the country, consignments must be covered by an official phytosanitary certificate issued by the Peruvian plant health authority. This document must contain the additional declarations established in the draft Resolution. Moreover, consignments of fresh Citrus latifolia and Citrus aurantifolia must come from production and packing facilities registered by the Peruvian national plant protection organization (NPPO) and authorized by SENASA through unique identification codes, in accordance with the guidelines from its certification programme. Consignments must also come from production facilities subject to official monitoring for fruit flies by SENASA, as part of the official supervision programme implemented by the Peruvian NPPO. The notified document also establishes requirements regarding the fruit peel; the process of washing, brushing and selecting the fruit before packing it; shipping conditions; the condition and labelling of containers; as well as other import requirements, all of which are set out in the draft Resolution. Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.

Chile hereby advises that the Resolution "establishing health requirements for the importation into Chile of bovine animals suitable for breeding, and repealing Exempt Resolution No. 1487 of 20 August 1992", the draft version of which was notified through the World Trade Organization on 25 November 2019 in document G/SPS/N/CHL/611, entered into force on 3 July 2020. https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/20_4040_00_s.pdf

The notified draft sanitary requirements for the importation of ruminant casings include the following: - The country or zone of origin must be recognized by the OIE as officially free from foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination and from sheep and goat plague. It must also be officially recognized as having a negligible risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and declared by the OIE to be free from scrapie. - The animals must have been born, reared and slaughtered in the country or zone of origin. Their slaughter must not have occurred due to disease or in areas subject to sanitary restrictions. The animals must have been slaughtered in establishments under official control that are free from communicable diseases, with an ante- and post-mortem inspection. - The slaughterhouses and processing establishments must be authorized by SAG to export to Chile. Moreover, the slaughterhouses must be subject to permanent official veterinary inspection, and processing establishments to an official supervision programme. - Products coming from a country free from foot-and-mouth disease with vaccination are accepted, provided that they undergo one of the treatments outlined in the Resolution. - There must be compliance with specific transport conditions regarding the sealing, hygiene and safety of both the means of transport and packages or containers, which must be inspected by the authority prior to shipment. - The official sanitary certificate must: include the date of issuance, comply with sanitary requirements, be issued in Spanish and the official language of the country of origin, and contain specific and detailed information on the origin indicated. - Upon arrival in the country, casings may be subject to controls and examinations ordered, when justified, by SAG, the cost of which will be borne by users. Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.

The notified draft contains the following amendments to SAG Resolution No. 1748/2017: 1. The following paragraph is added to point B.i: "The animals' farm of origin and the farms in the surrounding 3 km, have not experienced any outbreaks of diseases of significance to the species covered by this Resolution in the 30 days leading up to shipment." 2. The following paragraph is added to point B.ii: "They were made from animals that have not been slaughtered to eradicate or control an infectious disease." 3. The second bullet point in point B.ii is replaced with the following text: "Subjected to a minimum temperature of 90°C for at least 60 minutes, stirred continuously, or a minimum temperature of 121°C for at least 10 minutes at an absolute pressure of 3 bar." 4. The final paragraph in point E is replaced with the following text: - "These results must be shown on the official sanitary certificate." - Details can be found in the document attached to this notification.

The notified draft Exempt Resolution establishes requirements governing the importation into Chile of fresh bananas (Musa spp.) for consumption, produced in various origins. The provisions of this Resolution include: - The bananas must come from production and packing facilities registered by the exporting country's national plant protection organization (NPPO), and authorized by the NPPO through unique identification codes. - To enter the country, consignments must be covered by an official phytosanitary certificate (original copy) issued by the plant health authority of the country of origin. This document must contain additional declarations for certain pests, such as: Dysmicoccus brevipes, Dismicoccus neobrevipes, Ferrisia virgata, Maconelliicoccus hirsutus, Nipaecoccus nipae, Pseudococcus comstocki, Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi, Lissachatina fulica y Succinea spp; Opogona sacchari (Coleoptera:Curculionidae); Bactrocera musae; Bactrocera spp; - An additional declaration other than the one provided in Article 3.1, stating that the pest/s is/are not present in the country of origin, will also be accepted. - Processing conditions in accordance with the guidelines set out in the relevant International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) International Standard(s) for Phytosanitary Measures for the recognition of areas free from Bactrocera spp. - How to proceed, prior to the first export season, and coordination of a visit from SAG inspectors to the producing country for various purposes. - Specific packing conditions, and containers; packaging that allows for phytosanitary treatments to be carried out if required. - Specific prerequisites for the issuance of phytosanitary certificates. - Inspection conditions upon arrival in Chile and actions in the event of detection of any stage of development, live or dead, of Bactrocera spp. - Inspections and supervision that can be carried out by SAG and those that must be carried out by the exporting country's NPPO on a periodic basis.

Chile hereby advises that the requirements established in the draft Resolution notified in document G/SPS/N/CHL/628 entered into force upon publication in the Official Journal on 27 May 2020. https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/20_3630_00_s.pdf

The notified document temporarily amends Resolution No. 2.134 of 2003, no longer requiring SAG to conduct on-site inspections of sites where fresh tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) for consumption are grown under anti-aphid netting and packed in Peru. This temporary amendment shall only cover the 2020-2021 season (i.e. the period between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021). The other guidelines set out in Resolution 2.134 of 2003, and its associated Work Plan, are not amended by this regulation. It should therefore be noted that sites where tomatoes are grown under anti-aphid netting and packed shall continue to be authorized by means of enabling resolutions. For enabling resolutions to be issued, SENASA must submit official technical reports, with the background information detailed in the attached Resolution, to SAG for analysis. Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.

Chile hereby advises that the text corresponding to the entry into force of the measure notified in document G/SPS/N/CHL/623 is Agriculture and Livestock Service Resolution No. 3178 of 2020.

The notified document authorizes the importation of alfalfa hay, straw, pellets and cubes and other fodder crops, their products and by-products, for animal feed, under the following conditions: - For non-dehydrated or heat-treated hay and straw: mandatory presentation of a health certificate, stating that the product comes from a foot-and-mouth disease-free country or area, with or without vaccination, following the completion of a pest risk analysis by the Agricultural Protection Division of the Agriculture and Livestock Service and establishment of the phytosanitary requirements authorizing the importation of these products. - For pellets and industrially dehydrated and heat-treated hay, straw and cubes: mandatory presentation of a health certificate, indicating that the products' centre reached a minimum temperature of 80°C, for at least 10 minutes, during the manufacturing process. Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.

The notified text amends Resolution No. 7.214 of 2014 as follows: - Point 4.3 of the Resuelvo section has been replaced by the following: "4.3. Packaging must be new (repackaging is not permitted), closed, resistant to handling, and labelled or marked in accordance with the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) regulations currently in force. The code of the production and packaging site must be included on the label". - The following point has been added to the Resuelvo section: "4.4. Consignments must come from listed production sites and packaging facilities that are registered with a unique code assigned by the official plant health authority of the country of origin". - The following paragraph in point 5 of the Resuelvo section: "Consignments must be covered by an official phytosanitary certificate issued by the plant health authority of the country of origin concerned, which contains the following specific additional declarations for each of the species and types of material listed below:" has been replaced by: "Consignments must be covered by an official phytosanitary certificate issued by the plant health authority of the country of origin concerned, which contains the following additional declarations: · The material comes from an official production programme (indicate type of programme) or from germplasm nurseries or repositories controlled by the (provide name of official plant health authority of country of origin). · The unique code of the production and packaging site must be included on the phytosanitary certificate. · The phytosanitary certificate must also contain the following specific additional declarations for each of the following species and types of material:". - In point 5 of the Resuelvo section, the following quarantine pest has been removed from the "Additional Declarations" for Dracaena spp.: "Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Thys.: Thrypidae)". - In point 5 of the Resuelvo section, the following wording has been removed from the "Additional Declarations" for Cotoneaster spp.: "and Apple stem grooving virus (=Citrus tatter leaf virus)". - In point 5 of the Resuelvo section, the following paragraph has been removed from the "Additional Declarations" for Nandina domestica: "The plants derive from mother plants that were inspected and tested (specify diagnostic method) at the optimal time for detecting pests and found to be free from Apple stem grooving virus (=Citrus tatter leaf virus)". - Point 3 of the Resuelvo section has been removed. Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.

Chile hereby advises that the requirements established in the draft Resolution notified in document G/SPS/N/CHL/625 entered into force upon publication in the Official Journal on 15 May 2020.

Chile hereby advises that the requirements established in the draft Resolution notified in document G/SPS/N/CHL/623 entered into force upon publication in the Official Journal on 18 May 2020. https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/28_3305_00_s.pdf

The notified document establishes the following import requirements: 1. Consignments must include an official phytosanitary certificate issued by the phytosanitary authority of the relevant country of origin, containing the following additional declarations: - Origin - Peru: The consignment is free from Ferrisia malvastra, Ferrisia virgata and Nipaecoccus nipae. - Origin - Argentina: The consignment is free from Ferrisia malvastra, Ferrisia virgata Nipaecoccus nipae, Planococccus ficus and Lobesia botrana. 2. Consignments must be free of soil. 3. Fruit must be free of leaves, flowers and plant remains. 4. Consignments must be shipped in new, unused packaging that is labelled or marked in accordance with existing regulations. 5. Consignments must be stored, transported, duly protected and bear an official seal in order to retain their phytosanitary certification. 6. Each consignment will be inspected by the Service, at the point of entry, in order to ensure physical and documentary compliance with phytosanitary requirements for imports. 7. Wood used for packaging, pallets and dunnage must comply with the "Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade" (International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 15). 8. The detection of a live quarantine pest that is not covered by this Resolution will constitute grounds for the refusal or re-export of the consignment, unless the application of a measure is technically and operationally feasible.

Chile hereby advises that the requirements established in the draft Resolution notified in document G/SPS/N/CHL/621 entered into force upon publication in the Official Journal on 4 May 2020. https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/28_3082_00_s.pdf

Following the completion of the relevant pest risk analyses, which made it possible to establish the appropriate phytosanitary requirements, Exempt Resolution No. 1.410 of 2001 has been amended as follows: Article 1 has been replaced by the following: Shipments must include an official phytosanitary certificate issued by the phytosanitary authority of the country of origin, declaring that: 1.1. The shipment is free of Platynota stultana (Lep. Tortricidae) and Argyrotaenia franciscana (=A. citrana) (Lep. Tortricidae). 1.2. In the case of Epiphyas postvittana: 1.2.1. The shipment originates from an area not regulated for Epiphyas postvittana and is free of Epiphyas postvittana. or 1.2.2. The shipment originates from an area regulated for Epiphyas postvittana and has undergone phytosanitary treatment for the control of Epiphyas postvittana (Lep. Tortricidae), indicating the product, dose, temperature and exposure time. Article 2 has been replaced by the following: 2. The following will be accepted as quarantine treatment for the control of Epiphyas postvittana (Lep. Tortricidae) and must be carried out at the place of origin or destination. The specifications concerning the treatment carried out must be indicated in the relevant section of the phytosanitary certificate, specifying the product, dose, temperature and exposure time. 2.1. Once the treatment is completed, the shipment must remain protected at all times until its arrival in Chile in order to maintain its phytosanitary status. 2.2. The shipment must be free of soil and other plant remains. 2.3. Packaging must be new (repackaging is not permitted), closed and resistant to handling. It must indicate the region of origin of the fruit and the name of the packaging establishment where it was processed. 2.4. The packaging materials used must allow for potential phytosanitary treatments to be carried out at points of entry. 2.5. All containers must use official NPPO seals or fastenings and, in the case of air exports, pallets transported must be protected using plastic or mosquito-type nets and each unit sealed or fastened. 2.6. The wood used for packaging, pallets and packing materials must comply with quarantine regulations when entering the country. Agriculture and Livestock Service Resolution No. 9.338 of 2019 should be repealed. See document attached to this notification for details.

The notified document sets out specific health requirements for the importation into Chile of small ruminants (sheep and goats) destined for slaughter, which must be covered by an official health certificate issued by the competent health authority in the country of origin. Details can be found in the document attached to this notification.