G/TBT/N/CHL/626  
27 March  2023 
(23-2166) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Dirección General de Obras Públicas  (Directorate -General of Public Works)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indic ated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores de Chile  (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Cement - 
Packagin g - Valve bags - Specifications  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NCh 642:2019 
Cemento - Envases - Sacos de válvulas - Especificaciones  (NCh 642:2019 Cement - 
Packaging - Valve bags - Specifications) ; (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified rule establishes the requirements that must be met 
for valve bag -type sacks used for the manual transport of cement . This applies to sacks 
of cement of any origin or provenance . This rule does not contain reference to either 
storage conditions or the lifespan of the cement packed in valve bags as this information 
must be included on the bags ' labelling (see clause 5) . This rule does not concern safety 
issues, if there are any, associated with its use . It is the responsibility of the user of this 
rule to establish appropriate health and safety practices, and to determine the degree of 
application of the regulatory limitations prior to use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems w here 
applicable : Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
• NCh148 Cemento - Terminología, clasificación y especificaciones generales . 
• ISO 6599 /1, Packaging - Sacks -Conditioning for testing - Part 1 : Paper sacks.  
• ISO 7965 /1, Packaging - Sacks - Drop Test - Part 1 : Paper sacks.  
• Ley 20.949, Modifica el Código del trabajo para reducir el peso de las cargas de 
manipulación manual . G/TBT/N/CHL/626  
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  • Decreto 248, Aprueba el reglamento de rotulación del Cemento . 
• Manual de Carreteras del MOP , available at: https://mc.mop.gob.cl/  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-22827 5250  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
To view the above -mentioned standards, go to https://www.inncoleccion.cl/  and enter 
the following detai ls: 
Empresa  (Company) : SUBREI -011-23 
Usuario  (Username) : subrei 
Contraseña  (Password) : subrei