G/TBT/N/CHL/514  
20 January  2020 
(20-0537) 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  (Undersecretariat 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) : Luminaires 
for road and street ligh ting. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Protocolo de 
Análisis y/o Ensayos de Seguridad de Producto Eléctrico  (Safety analysis and/or test 
protocol for electrical products) (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified protocol establishes the safety certification 
procedure requirements for electrical luminaires for road and street lighting and other 
public outdoor lighting applications ; tunnel lighting ; column -integrated luminaires with a 
minimum total he ight above normal ground level of 2.5 m ; and luminaires in  a state 
representative of new products, for use with electrical lighting sources such as 
incandescent, fluorescent, discharge, LED or induction lamps or other technologies, on 
supply voltages not e xceeding 1,000 V . The protocol is in conformity with the scope and 
field of application of IEC standards 60598 -2-3:2011 -11: "Luminaires - Part 2 -3: 
Particular requirements - Luminaires for road and street lighting", and 60598 -1:2017 -09: 
"Luminaires - Part 1 : General requirements and tests".  
The notified test protocol does not apply to the following luminaires:  
• LED luminaires that operate only with photovoltaic energy systems.  
• Luminaires for use exclusively in explosion -proof areas.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Updating of requirements to ensure compliance with international IEC 
standards ; Protection of human hea lth or safety ; Quality requirements.  G/TBT/N/CHL/514  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• IEC 60598 -1:2017 -09 
• IEC 60598 -2-3:2011 -11 
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:  
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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