G/TBT/N/CHL/554  
7 June 2021 
(21-4609) 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 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) : Automatic 
change -over devices to be  connected to welded portable cylinders weighing 45 kg  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Protocolo de Análisis y/o Ensayos de Seguridad de Inversores automáticos, destinados a 
conectarse a cilindros portátiles  soldados de 45 kilos  (Draft safety analysis and/or test 
protocol for automatic change -over devices to be connected to welded portable cylinders 
weighing 45 kg) (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified protocol establishes the certif ication procedure for 
automatic change -over devices to be connected to welded portable cylinders weighing 45 
kg, in accordance with the scope and field of application of standard UNE -EN 16129:2014.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgen t problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
- UNE-EN 16129:2014, Pressure regulators, automatic change -over devices, having a 
maximum regulated pressure of 4 bar, with a maximum capacity of 150 kg/h, associated 
safety devices and adaptors for butane, propane, and their mixtures.  
- Ley 18.410:1985 del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción . 
- Decreto Supremo Nº298, de 2005, Certificación de Productos Eléctricos y Combustibles 
del Ministerio de  Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción . 
- Resolución Exenta N°0681, de fecha 07.10.2011, del Ministerio de Energía . G/TBT/N/CHL/554  
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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 [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría 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  
 
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