G/TBT/2/Add.16/Rev.2  
 
13 July 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish  
 
  
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE  
AGREEMENT ON  TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
COMMUNICATION FROM CHILE  
Revision  
The following communication under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade has 
been received from the delegation of Chile.  
 
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1.  Please be informed of the repeal of Decree No. 77 of the Ministry of the Economy, Development 
and Reconstruction, published in the Official Journal of 14 June 2004, which contains implementing 
regulations for Tit le I of Law No. 19.912. Decree No. 77 is replaced by Decree No. 316 of the Under -
Secretariat for International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, published in the 
Official Journal of 7 July 2023, which approves the regulations under Art icle 28.11 of Law No. 21.080 
with regard to  the notification of technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures to the 
World Trade Organization and other related obligations, and sets out the requirements to be met by 
the relevant bodies when dr awing up, adopting and implementing technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures.  
2.  This Decree establishes principles to be observed in the context of good regulatory practice, such 
as using international standards as a basis, not creating unn ecessary barriers to trade, national 
treatment and most -favoured -nation treatment. In the main section, it establishes an obligation to 
hold consultations on draft technical regulations (60 days as a general rule) and to inform the Under -
Secretariat for In ternational Economic Relations so that it can notify them to the WTO. Moreover, it 
establishes, as a general rule, a period of six months between the adoption and the implementation 
of the technical regulations in order to give economic operators time to a dapt to the new provisions. 
In special circumstances, envisaged in the Agreement  on Technical Barriers to Trade , the period may 
be shorter.  
3.  Responsibility for implementing and administering the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade 
lies with the Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, and more specifically its Trade 
Regulations Division, which in turn is the enquiry point for technical regulations and related 
conformity assessment procedures. Its duties relating to technical barriers acco rdingly include 
notification of the WTO and further processing required by the notification procedure; that is, it 
receives comments on notified draft regulations and channels replies to these comments.  
4.  Notices concerning the preparation of technical regul ations and related conformity assessment 
procedures, are published on their websites for example, by the institutions that have the authority 
to draw them up (Ministries and other government bodies involved in the specific area to be 
regulated). Once adopt ed, the regulations and conformity assessment procedures are published in 
the Official Journal. The time limit for presenting written comments is not less than 60 days, except 
in emergencies. With regard to the service specified in Article 10.1 of the Agre ement, the following 
is now fully operational: For technical regulations, the enquiry point is the Trade Regulations Division 
of the Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations. The address is: Teatinos 180, piso  11, 
Santiago, Chile ; Tel.: (+56 2) 2827 5491 ; Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl.  G/TBT/2/Add.16/Rev.2  
 
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  5.  The text of the Decree is available at:  
https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2023/07/07/43595/01/2339759.pdf  
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