Dried hazelnuts (Corylus avellana), in shell and shelled

Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para frutos secos con y sin cáscara de avellana (Corylus avellana), procedentes de Argentina (Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Chile of in-shell and shelled hazelnuts (Corylus avellana) from Argentina)

The notified text establishes the phytosanitary requirements for in-shell and shelled hazelnuts (Corylus avellana) from Argentina.

1.  Shipments must be covered by an official phytosanitary certificate (original copy), issued by the phytosanitary authority of the country of origin, without additional declarations.

2.  Shipments must be free of soil and other plant remains.

3.  Packaging must be new (repackaging is not permitted), closed, resistant to handling, and labelled or marked in accordance with the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) regulations currently in force.

4.  The wood used for packaging, pallets and packing materials must comply with the quarantine regulations for importation.

5.  The packaging materials used must allow for potential quarantine treatments to be carried out at points of entry.

6.  SAG officials at the authorized port of entry will inspect the shipments upon their arrival in Chile, verify their compliance with the relevant phytosanitary requirements, and decide, on the basis of the accompanying documentation, whether their entry should be authorized or whether appropriate measures should be adopted in accordance with existing legislation.