WTO notification · TBT
ChileProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Establishes technical and administrative requirements to determine the regulation applicable to plant propagation material developed by new breeding techniques (NBT)
Establece requisitos técnicos y administrativos para determinar normativa aplicable al material vegetal de propagación desarrollado por nuevas técnicas de mejoramiento (NBT)
Chile notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 14 January 2026. The comment period closed on 15 March 2026.
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Plant propagation material developed with new breeding techniques (NBT)
Material Vegetal de Propagación desarrollado con nuevas técnicas de mejoramiento (NBT)
The comment period closed on 15 March 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHL/778; it can take them up with Chile.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The notified measure establishes a mandatory procedure under which SAG will evaluate, on a case-by-case basis, whether domestic or imported plant propagation material, developed using new breeding techniques (NBTs) or modern biotechnology, should be considered conventional or be subject to the regulations applicable to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.
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