G/TBT/N/CHL/373/Rev.1  
16 May 2024 
(24-3792) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 Economía  (Ministry of Economic Affairs)  
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 di fferent from above:  
Subsecretaria de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  (Undersecretariat 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 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Steel for 
reinfor ced concrete structures  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Aprueba 
Reglamento de Rotulación de Acero para obras de hormigón armado  (Adoption of a 
Regulation on the labelling of steel for reinforced concrete structures) (6 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Regulation seeks to ensure that the labelling affixed 
to steel for reinforced concrete structures marketed in Chile communicates the product 's 
technical information and characteristics . It aims to  standardize and improve the standard 
of the information provided to all those protected by the Law on the Protection of 
Consumer Rights regarding the technical characteristics that must be met by this product.  
The notified Regulation establishes the label ling requirements that must be fulfilled for 
hot-rolled steel bars and rods for the reinforcement of concrete and for smooth and 
deformed steel bars and rods of circular cross -section, rolled in straight lengths or in coils , 
and straightened steel bars and  rods made from coils for use in reinforced concrete 
structures, originating in and coming from all countries, and that are to be marketed in 
Chile and have been packaged for distribution by the supplier . Article 7 of the notified 
Regulation sets out the i nformation that must be included in the label . The labelling 
requirements complement the bar marking requirements set forth in the Chilean 
standards governing hot -rolled steel bars and rods for the reinforcement of concrete.  G/TBT/N/CHL/373/Rev.1  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Law No. 19.496, Protección de los Derechos de los Consumidores  
• Decree having Force of Law (DFL) No. 458 of 1976, Ley General de Urbanismo y 
Construcciones y sus modificaciones  
• Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y Construcciones , adopted through Supreme 
Decree No. 47 (Vivienda y Urbanismo ) of 1992 and amendmen ts thereto  
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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