G/TBT/N/CHL/629  
27 March  2023 
(23-2169) 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 - 
Determin ation of the specific surface through Blaine permeability apparatus  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NCh 159:2019 
Cemento - Determinación de la superficie específica por el permeabilìmetro de Blaine (NCh 
159:2019 Cement - Determination of the specific surface through Blaine permeability 
apparatus) ; (15 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified rule establishes the test method for determining 
the specific surface of cements, expressed in cm2/g, using Blain e permeability apparatus . 
The method may be manual or automatic, the former being the reference method . This 
rule applies to cements to be used in the creation of mortars and concretes . 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 where 
applicable : Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
• ASTM C204 -16 Standard Test Methods of Hydraulic Cement by Air - Permeability 
Apparatus  
• NCh 154 Cemento - Determinación del peso específico relativo  
• NCh 162 Cemento - Extracción de muestras  
• Manual de Carteras del MOP , available at: https://mc.mop.gob.cl/  G/TBT/N/CHL/629  
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  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 details:  
Empresa  (Company) : SUBREI -008-23 
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