G/TBT/N/CHL/593  
12 May 2022 
(22-3722) 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:  
Superintendencia de Electricidad y Combustibles , SEC (Electricity and Fuel Board)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notificat ion shall be indicated 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 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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) : Battery 
chargers  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Protocolo de Análisis y/o Ensayos de Cargadores de pilas y/o baterías  (Draft analysis 
and/or test protocol for battery chargers) (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Descriptio n of content : The notified protocol establishes the safety certification 
procedure for external battery chargers, for household and similar purposes, in 
accordance with the following scope:  
(1) External battery chargers up to 9 V  DC (AA, AAA, AAAA, C, D, N , 9 V and their 
equivalent designations), regardless of their use.  
(2) External battery chargers up to 24 V  DC and 50 VA to be used in toys for children of 
at least eight years of age without supervision (Annex AA).  
(3) External battery chargers for electr ic cycles (unicycles, bicycles, tricycles, 
motorcycles, scooters, wheelchairs), with an output voltage not exceeding 250 V  DC 
without ripple and a rated DC output current not exceeding 20 A.  
It also applies to:  
(A) Battery chargers for the above -mentioned batteries, whether marketed separately, 
as accessories or spare parts, or marketed together with toys and electric cycles.  
(B) Any external battery chargers marketed without a specific purpose but which are used 
for toys and electric cycles.  G/TBT/N/CHL/593  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
- International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard No. 60335 -2-29:2019 -03 Ed. 
5.1 Part 2 -29: Particular requirements for battery chargers.  
- IEC 60335 -1:2016 -05 Ed.5.2 ( IEC 60335 -1: 2010+AMD1:2013+AMD2:2016) 
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1 : General requirements.  
- Ley Nº18.410:1985 del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstru cción. 
- Decreto Supremo Nº298, de 2005, del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y 
Reconstrucción . 
- Resolución Exenta Nº 19 de fecha 02.11.2016 del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y 
Reconstrucción . 
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:  
Subsecretaria de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.sec.cl/consulta -publica/  
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