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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHL/63
17 August 2000
(00-3325)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CHILE
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Undersecretariat for Fisheries and National Fisheries Service
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable: Eggs of salmonidae from Canada, Denm ark, Scotland, United States, Finland,
Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and other exporting countries.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:   Resolution No. 1531 of
14 July 2000 of the Undersecretariat for Fisheries, Ministry of the Economy, Developmentand Reconstruction, as amended by Resolution No. 1594 of 19 July 2000 (2 pages)
5. Description of content:  Amends the import regime for salmonidae eggs, from the normal
import regime to the first entry regime, repealing Resolution No. 2360 of 1999 of the
Undersecretariat for Fisheries, Ministry of the Economy, Development and Reconstruction.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):   Preventive measure for the protection of animal health
in aquaculture, salmonidae.
8. An international standard, guidelin e or recommendation does not exist [   ].
If an international standard, guideline or  recommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:   International Aquatic Animal Health Code of the OIE.  Whereas the
international standard determines the certificatio n to be issued by the competent authority in
the exporting country containing a mandatory statement that the eggs are free of disease, the
change in the regime pursuant to the instrume nt notified means that the national authority
will have to determine whether it only accepts the import application if it meets the current
certification requirements, if it refuses the import, giving its reasons, or authorizes limited
import in order to carry out a health study on the environmental impact.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution No. 1531
of 14 July 2000 and Resolution No. 1594 of 19 July 2000 (in Spanish)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable): 18 July 2000G/SPS/N/CHL/63
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11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
 [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Undersecretariat for Fisheries
Bellavista 168 Piso 16
Valparaíso, ChileFax:  56-32-212790
E-mail:  subpesca@subpesca.cl