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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):  Vitis vinifera cuttings

4.

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

[ ]   All trading partners

[X] Specific regions or countries:  European Community Member States

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Title of the notified document:  Modifica Resolución No 7.243, de 2012, que establece requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de material de reproducción que se indica, procedente de los Estados Miembros de la Comunidad Europea (Amendment to Resolution No. 7.243 of 2012, which establishes phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of certain propagation material from European Community Member States)

Language(s):  Spanish   Number of pages: 2

Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHL/15_3073_00_s.pdf

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Description of content:  The notified Amendment incorporates the fumigation treatment proposed by France's National Plant Protection Organization for Vitis vinifera cuttings from European Community Member States and accepted as an alternative to immersion for insect and mite disinfestation.  

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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 number) International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1, 8 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: Agriculture and Livestock Service Resolution No. 7.243 of 2012

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy):  31 July 2015

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy):  31 July 2015  

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Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):  31 July 2015

[X] Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy):  Not applicable

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

E-mail:  sps.chile@sag.gob.cl