e/2  Chile 
 
 UNITED  STATES  DEPAETMENT  OF  AGRICULTUEE 
 Agricultural  Research  Administration 
 Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine 
 Washington  25,  D.  C. 
 
 B.E.P.Q.  511,  Supplement  No.  2  February  9,  19^9 
 
 PLANT -QUARANTINE  IMPORT  RESTRICTIONS 
 
 of  the 
 
 REPUBLIC  OF  CHILE  . 
 
 Ministry  of  Agriculture,  Law  No.  9,006  SeptemlDer  8,  19^18 
 Published  in  the  Diario  Oficial  and  Effective  Octoher  9,  19^8  -. 
 
 PLANT  QUARANTINE  LAW 
 
 This  new  plant  quarantine  law  of  Chile  revokes  the  Decree-Law  No.  I77  of 
 December  31,  1924,  some  of  which  was  quoted  on  page  1  of  B.E.P.Q.  5II 
 under  the  heading  BASIC  LAW.    There  is  no  indication  that  the  General 
 Regulations  and  Special  Quarantines  listed  in  B.E.P.Q.  5II  have  been 
 changed,  except  as  noted  in  Supplement  No.  1.     The  present  law  is  drawn 
 up  under  six  titles  and  k''{  articles.-    Pertinent  portions  of  the  law 
 follow . 
 
 The  law  controls  the  importation,  exportation  and  movement  within  Chile 
 of  agricultural  products  and  products  that  might  be  harmful  to  them. 
 Measures  for  the  control  of  pests  in  Chile  are  included. 
 
 Every  plant  product  coming  from  a  foreign  country  is  subject  to  inspection 
 by  the  Department  of  Plant  Quarantine  of  the  Bureau  of  Agriculture .  All 
 foreign  commodities  considered  dangerous  to  plant  life  must  be  accompanied 
 by  a  sanitary  certificate  and,  when  so  required,  a  certificate  of  origin, 
 both  provided  by  the  competent  authorities  of  the  country  whence  they  come. 
 Likewise  exports  of  plant  products  from  Chile  must  be  certified  for  export 
 by  the  Department  of  Plant  Quarantine. 
 
 The  law  applies  to  all  plant  products,  including  plants,  cuttings,  roots, 
 stems,  roots tocks,  flowers,  fruits,  seeds,  bark,  wood,  or  any  other  part 
 of  a  plant,  in  its  natural  state  or  processed,  capable  of  harboring  plant 
 pests  or  of  being  such  in  itself;  and  to  commodities  dangerous  to  plants, 
 including  plant  products,  living  organisms,  containers,  soil,  and  any 
 other  medium  capable  of  being  harmful  itself  or  of  ceirrying  agricultural 
 pests . 
 
 Plant  or  agricultural  pests  are  defined  as  any  organism  whether  alive  or 
 of  a  special  nature,  such  as  a  virus,  capable  of  being  harmful  directly  or 
 indirectly  to  plants  or  their  products. 
 
The  methods  of  control  provided  under  Law  9,006  include  (1)  quarantine  or 
 isolation  "by  the  Department  of  Plant  Quarantine  for  the  period  during  which 
 the  material  is  potentially  dangerous  to  plant  life,  or  until  it  is  decided 
 whether  it  can  or  can  not  be  safely  imported  into  or  transported  within  the 
 country;  (2)  the  elimination  or  destruction  of  all  or  a  portion  of 
 commodities  which  may  harbor  or  themselves  constitute  pests  to  plant 
 products;  and  (3)  treatments  such  as  disinfection  or  di a infestation  of 
 commodities  dangerous  to  plants  in  order  to  destroy  the  harmful  agents  of 
 which  they  are  the  carriers,  whether  they  are  actually  causing  damage  or 
 disease  or  are  simply  accompanying  the  goods.    If  the  degree  of  infection 
 or  infestation  makes  it  necessary,  the  commodities  may  be  reexported, 
 confiscated  or  destroyed,  at  the  expense  of  the  importer. 
 
 Other  articles  of  Law  9,006  refer  to  the  internal  measures  for  the  control 
 of  injurious  insects  and  plant  diseases  in  Chile,  certification  of  Chilean 
 products  for  export,  inspection  procedures,  cooperation  with  Customs  in 
 the  enforcement  of  the  law,  transit  of  plants  and  plant  products,  penalties, 
 etc.,  all  of  domestic  interest  primarily. 
 
 Acting  Chief,  Bureau  of^llntomology  and/^lant  Quarantine