G/TBT/N/CHL/564  
30 July 2021 
(21-5977) Page: 1/3 
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 notificati on 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 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Kettles 
and other appliances for he ating liquids.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Protocolo PE 
Nº1/12:2021 Hervidores y otros aparatos de calentamiento de líquidos  (Protocol PE No. 
1/12:2021 Kettles and other appliances  for heating liquids) (15 pages, in  Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified protocol establishes the safety certification 
procedure for appliances  used to heat liquids, for household and similar purposes, with a 
rated voltage not exceeding 250 V.  
The protocol applies to products s uch as:  
1. Coffee makers  
2. Coffee machines  
3. Saucepans  
4. Bottle warmers  
5. Milk heaters  
6. Appliances for heating livestock feed  
7. Sterilizers  
8. Egg boilers  
9. Laundry boiler s 
10. Jugs with a nominal capacity of up to 10 litres (electric kettles)  
11. Tea urns with a nominal capacity of up to 10 litres  G/TBT/N/CHL/564  
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  12. Pressure cookers with a nominal cooking pressure not exceeding 140 kPa and a 
nominal capacity not exceeding 10 litres  
13. Cooking pots (rice cookers, slow cookers)  
14. Yoghurt  makers  
15. Bain-marie glue heaters  
It does not apply to:  
1. Frying pans and fryers ( IEC 60335 -2-13) 
2. Storage water heaters ( IEC 60335 -2-21) 
3. Instantaneous water heaters ( IEC 60335 -2-35) 
4. Surface -cleaning appliances employing liquids or steam ( IEC 60335 -2-54) 
5. Portable immersion heaters ( IEC 60335 -2-74) 
6. Commercial dispensing a ppliances and vending machines ( IEC 60335 -2-75) 
7. Medical equipment ( IEC 60601 ) 
8. Appliances intended exclusively for industrial purposes  
9. Appliances for use in locations where special conditions prevail, such as where 
the atmosphere is  corrosive or explosive (dust, vapour or gas)  
10. High-frequency heating apparatus  
11. Pressure sterilizers  
12. Humidifiers for household and similar use ( IEC 60335 -2-98) 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
- IEC 60335 -2-15:2018 -11 Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2 -
2: Particular requirements for appliances for heating liquids  
- IEC 60335 -1:2020 -09 Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1 : 
General requirements  
- Law No. 18.410:1985 of the Ministry of the Economy, Development and Reconstruction  
- Supreme Decree No. 298 of 2005 of the Ministry of the Economy, Development and 
Reconstruction  
- Exempt Resolutions Nos. 108 and 19 dated 1 7 May 1 989 and 1 7 February 1 995, 
respecti vely, of the Ministry of the Economy, Development and Reconstruction  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/CHL/564  
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  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  (Under -Secretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Rela ciones Exteriores de Chile  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2- 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2- 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
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