G/TBT/N/CHL/579  
23 November  2021 
(21-8814) Page: 1/3 
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  (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 notificatio n 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 [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) : Safety 
features applicable to motor  vehicles and light passenger and commercial vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Modifica : (i) el 
Decreto Supremo N° 26, de 2000, que "Establece elementos de seguridad aplicables a 
vehículos motorizados" y (ii) la Resolución Exenta N° 48, de 2000, que "Dicta normas 
sobre elementos de seguridad de los vehículos livianos de pasajeros y comerciales", 
ambas del Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones ; Subsecretaría de Transportes  
(Amendment to : Supreme Decree No. 26 of 2000 establishing safety features applicable 
to motor vehicles and (ii) (Exempt Resolution No. 48 of 2000 issuing regulations on safety 
features for light passenger and commercial vehicles, both from the Ministry of Transport 
and Telecommunications,  Under -Secretariat for Transport). (5 pages, in Spanish ; 6 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified amendments are aimed at the following:  
1.- Ongoing enhancement of road saftey : By standardizing the safety features for light 
passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles and medium -sized vehicles, incorporating 
new optional features and enhancing the list of mandatory features for light commercial 
vehicles and medium -sized vehicles.  
In this connection, the technical standards laid down in domestic legislation are also being 
refined, updating the labelling of optional features and recognizing the National Standard 
of the People's Republic of China.  
2.- Improving the information provid ed to consumers : By establishing safety labelling 
with ratings from the New Car Assessment Programme for Latin America and the 
Caribbean, known as the "Latin NCAP".  
The above is intended to develop simple and educational vehicle safety performance 
labellin g so that consumers are properly informed, under the principle of ongoing G/TBT/N/CHL/579  
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  improvements aimed at achieving continuous progress in manufacturers' vehicle safety 
standards.  
In addition, this enables universal access to vehicle safety information, correcting any 
information asymmetries between vendors and consumers, leading to ongoing 
improvements in vehicle safety.  
In light of the above, it has been deemed necessary to amend the Ministry's Supreme 
Decree No. 26 of 2000 establishing safety features for motor vehicles in order, inter alia , 
to: 
1.- Extend the mandatory nature of the "seat belt reminder system" to all vehicle seats.  
2.- Incorporate the National Standard of the People's Republic of China (GB or GB/T) as 
an international standard that can  comply with safety features.  
3.- Add new optional safety features, in line with the above -mentioned list, for light 
passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles and medium -sized vehicles.  
4.- Incorporate, as mandatory, some of the safety features for lig ht commercial vehicles, 
in line with the above -mentioned list, for light vehicles and light passenger vehicles and 
medium -sized vehicles.  
5.- Update the vehicles exempted from the requirement to have safety -belt anchorages 
for child safety systems or seats . 
6.- Create a safety information label showing Latin NCAP ratings for light passenger 
vehicles and vans classified as medium -sized vehicles.  
In turn, it has been deemed necessary to amend the Ministry's Exempt Resolution No. 48 
of 2000 issuing regulations  on safety features for light passenger and commercial vehicles 
in order, inter alia , to: 
1.- Establish the GB or GB/T international technical standards that apply to various safety 
features.  
2.- Establish technical standards that apply to the head side ai rbag system and the torso 
side airbag system.  
3.- Describe in detail the procedure for creating and applying safety labels.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
- 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 . 
- Decreto Supremo N° 26, de 2000,  del Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones, 
que "Establece elementos de seguridad aplicables a vehículos motorizados".  
- Resolución Exenta N° 48, de 2000, del Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones, 
que "Dicta normas sobre elementos de seg uridad de los vehículos livianos de pasajeros y 
comerciales" . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/CHL/579  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaria 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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