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Notifying Member: CHILE

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

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Agency responsible: Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, SAG (Agriculture and Livestock Service)

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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): Ornamental aquatic plants for planting

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X] All trading partners

[ ]   Specific regions or countries: 

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Title of the notified document: Proyecto de Resolución: Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para plantas para plantar de especies acuáticas de uso ornamental, procedentes de todo origen (Draft Resolution establishing phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of ornamental aquatic plants for planting, of any origin)

Language(s): Spanish   Number of pages: 5

Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHL/15_2226_00_s.pdf

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Description of content: The notified draft Resolution establishes phytosanitary import requirements on the basis of the pest risk analyses conducted for quarantine pests affecting aquatic plants for planting.

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Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other damage from pests. 

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Is there a relevant international standard?  If so, identify the standard:

[ ]        Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text)

[ ]        World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)

[X]      International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1, 2. 11 and 20

[ ]        None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[X] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard: 

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): Upon publication in the Official Journal

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 80 days from the date of circulation of the notification

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): Upon publication in the Official Journal

[ ]   Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 2 August 2015

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

E-mail: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl

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Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body: 

E-mail: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl