G/TBT/N/CHL/651  
5 July 2023 
(23-4543) 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, SUBREI - 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) : Electric 
conductors  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROYECTO DE 
PROTOCOLO DE ANÁLISIS Y/O ENSAYOS DE SEGURIDAD DE PRODUCTO ELÉCTRICO PE 
Nº 2/15:2023 CONDUCTORES RV, RV -K (Draft safety analysis and/or test protocol for 
electric products PE No. 2/15:2023 RV, RV -K Conductors) (15 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Protocol establishes the safety certification 
procedure for single core or multicore electric conductors which are non -armoured and 
non-shielded ; of annealed copper, bare or metal coated in accordance with IEC No.  
60228 ; solid (class 1) or circular round -stranded (class 2) type RV conductor ; flexible 
(class 5) for type RV -K conductor, cross linked polyethylene insulated (XLPE), with a 
thermo plastic polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/ST2 sheath, with a service temperature to 90°C.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
- IEC 60502 -1:2021 - Power cables with extruded insulation and their accessories for 
rated voltages from 1 kV (Um = 1,2 kV) up to 30 kV (Um = 36 kV) - Part 1 : Cables for 
rated voltages of 1 kV (Um = 1,2 kV) and 3 kV (Um = 3,6 kV).  
- Ley Nº18.410 de 1985 del Ministerio de Econ omía, Fomento y Reconstrucción.  
- Decreto Supremo Nº298, Certificación de Productos Eléctricos y Combustibles, de 2005, 
del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción.  G/TBT/N/CHL/651  
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  Resolución Exenta Nº 345 de fecha 20.07.2010, del Ministerio de Energía.  
9. Propo sed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification ; Subsecretaría de Relaciones 
Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5491 
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://www.sec.cl/consulta -publica/#1562021903692 -b342647e -b300