G/TBT/N/CHL/537  
4 November  2020 
(20-7796) 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 : Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones , MTT (Ministry of 
Transport and Telecommunications)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notifi cation 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) : Electric 
vehicles  
5. Title, number  of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Propuesta de 
Modificación del Decreto N° 145, de 2017, del Ministerio de Transportes y 
Telecomunicaciones, Subsecretaría de Transportes (Draft amendment to Decree No. 145 
of 2017 of the Ministry of Transp ort and Telecommunications, Under -Secretariat for 
Transport) (3 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : It has been deemed necessary to amend Ministry of Transport 
and Telecommunications Decree No. 145 of 2017 establishing the technical, structural 
and safety requirements for certain electric vehicles, in order to:  
1. Incorporate the charging coupler system manufactured in conformity with the 
GBT standard for DC charging (China) and IEC 62196  communication protocol 
or an equivalent.  
2. Establish requiremen ts governing  the specification and certification of off -board 
chargers.  
3. Lay down the requirements on the information to be provided in vehicles and 
the availability of safety information for the high -voltage circuit.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
Artículo 62° del Decreto con Fuerza de Ley N° 1 de 2007, de los Ministerios de Transportes 
y Telecomunicaciones, y de Justicia, que fija el texto refundido, coordinado y 
sistematizado de la Ley N°18.290, de Tránsito.  G/TBT/N/CHL/537  
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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 [ ] 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  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Teatinos 180, piso 11, Santiago, Chile  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
http://www.mtt.gob.cl/wp -content/uploads/2020/11/4 -MODIFICA -DECRETO -Numero -
145-2017-Texto -OMC.pdf  
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/CHL/20_6745_00_s.pdf