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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):  European walnut (Juglans regia L.) plants and twigs

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

[ ]   All trading partners

[X] Specific regions or countries:  United States of America

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Title of the notified document:  Modifica resolución No 5.695, de 2006, que establece regulaciones para la importación de plantas y ramillas de nogal europeo (Juglans regia l.) procedentes de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica (Amendment to Resolution No. 5.695 of 2006, which establishes regulations governing the importation into Chile of European walnut (Juglans regia L.) plants and twigs from the United States of America)  

Language(s):  Spanish   Number of pages: 2

Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHL/15_3060_00_s.pdf

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Description of content:  The agricultural surveillance programme of Chile's Agriculture and Livestock Service reported the presence in the country of the pest Cacopaurus pestis, thereby necessitating an amendment to Article 1.5 of Agriculture and Livestock Service Resolution No. 5.695 of 2006.  

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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. 5.695 of 2006

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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