G/TBT/N/CHL/552  
18 May 2021 
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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 : Ministerio  de Vivienda y Urbanismo  (Ministry of Housing and 
Urban Development)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 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) : Steel - 
Hot rolled bars and rods fo r the reinforcement of concrete  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NCh204:2020 
Acero - Barras laminadas en caliente para hormigón armado  (Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 
204:2020 Steel - Hot-rolled bars and rods for the reinfor cement of concrete) (32 pages, 
in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Standard establishes the requirements to be met 
by hot -rolled bars and rods rolled directly using semi -finished products identified by 
casting when rolled . It also establis hes criteria for inspection, sampling, testing, and 
acceptance and rejection . The notified Standard applies to smooth and deformed bars 
and rods of circular cross -section, rolled in straight lengths or in coils, and to straightened 
bars and rods made from coils for use in reinforced concrete structures . The steel covered 
by this Standard is not of guaranteed weldability, due to the fact that no specific 
provisions have been included to allow for such weldability . Hot-rolled weldable steel bars 
and rods are regulated by Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 334. See Annex C, C.1.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Quality requirements for construction materials ; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents : Ordenanz a General de Urbanismo y Construcciones, Decreto 
Supremo N°47 de 1992 , updated and amended by D.S. N°16, Official Journal of 1 8 
November 2 020 
9. Proposed date of adoption - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - G/TBT/N/CHL/552  
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  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:  
División de Aspectos Regulatorios del Comercio  (Trade Regulations Division)  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Under -Secretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
Chilean Standard available online at: https://www.inncoleccion.cl/  
Empresa  (Company) : SUBREI -006 
Usuario  (Username) : subrei 
Contraseña  (Passwo rd): subrei