G/TBT/N/CHL/546  
11 December  2020 
(20-8932) 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 : Ministerio del Medio Ambiente  (Ministry of the Environment)  
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 indicated if different f rom above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Pig farms  
5. Title, number of page s and language(s) of the notified document : Aprueba 
Anteproyecto de Norma de Emisión de Contaminantes en Planteles Porcinos que en 
función de sus olores, generan molestia y constituyen un riesgo a la calidad de vida de la 
población, del Ministerio del Medi o Ambiente  (Approval of the Ministry of the Environment 
preliminary draft Pollutant Emission Standard for pig farms that, due to their odour, cause 
a nuisance and constitute a risk to the quality of life of the population) (13 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Descri ption of content : The notified Ministry of the Environment preliminary draft 
Pollutant Emission Standard for pig farms that, due to their odour, cause a nuisance and 
constitute a risk to the quality of life of the population is being submitted for consulta tion. 
This preliminary draft concerns the  first odour -related standard in Chile, which seeks to 
protect the health and improve the quality of life of the population . It is hoped that the 
implementation of this Standard will prevent and control the emission  of pollutants from 
pig farms.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of the environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Ley N° 19.300, sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente ; 
• Decreto Supremo N°38, de 2012, del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, que aprueba 
el Reglamento para la Dictación de Normas de Calidad Ambiental y de Emisión ; 
• Ley 20.417, de 2010, Crea El Ministerio, El Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental y la 
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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:  
División de Aspectos Regulatorios del Comercio  (Trade Regulations Division)  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones  Exteriores  
 
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
Summary of the preliminary draft in the Official Journal:  
https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2020/12/09/42825/01/1860826.p
df 
Resolution approving the preliminary draft:  
http://planesynormas.mma.gob.cl/archivos/2020/proyectos/487 -
499_Resolucion_N_574_Anteproyecto_norma_olores__Foliado_.pdf  
Public record:  
http://planesynormas.mma.gob.cl/normas/expediente/index.php?tipo=busqueda&id_ex
pediente=934580  
Public consultations:  
https://consultasciudadanas.mma.gob.cl/portal/consulta/96  
http://planesynormas .mma.gob.cl/archivos/2020/proyectos/487 -
499_Resolucion_N_574_Anteproyecto_norma_olores__Foliado_.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/CHL/20_7581_00_e.pdf