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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): Argania spinosa, Euphorbia lathyris and Moringa oleifera seeds

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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: Modifica Resolución No 2.858, de 2008, que establece requisitos fitosanitarios para la internación de semillas de especie de cultivo industrial de los orígenes que indica (Amendment to Resolution No. 2.858 of 2008 laying down phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of industrial crop seeds from certain places of origin) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 2

Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHL/15_2658_00_s.pdf

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Description of content: The notified text establishes the relevant phytosanitary requirements on the basis of the pest risk analysis conducted for quarantine pests affecting Argania spinosa, Euphorbia lathyris and Moringa oleifera seeds, of any origin.

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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.

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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 No.) International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1 (2006), 2 (2006), 11 and 20 (2004)

[ ]      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: Agriculture and Livestock Service Resolution No. 2.858 of 2008 laying down phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of industrial crop seeds from certain places of origin (available in Spanish)

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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): 7 September 2015

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

Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl

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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:

Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl