G/TBT/N/CHL/599  
24 June 2022 
(22-4914) 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 notificat ion shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, SUBREI  - 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 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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) : Electric 
grass trimmers  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Protocolo de Análisis y/o Ensayos de Seguridad de Orilladoras  (Draft safety analysis 
and/or test protocol for grass trimmers) (10 pages, i n Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified protocol establishes the safety certification 
procedure for electric grass trimmers designed mainly for household use or similar 
purposes, used by a standing operator for cutting grass, with single -phase electric motors, 
and a rated voltage of not more than 250 V for a.c. or 50 V d.c., in accordance with the 
scope and field of application of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard 
No. 62841 -4-4:2014.  
It does not apply to:  
- Scissor type or  lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers with cutting means other than 
those described above  
- Self-propelled lawn trimmers or lawn edge trimmers  
- Lawn trimmers or lawn edge trimmers which do not have a distance of at least 600 mm 
between the cutting means control and the cutting head  
- Trimmers fitted with batteries that have to be removed for charging . However, for 
trimmers with integrated batteri es, Annex B applies.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/CHL/599  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- IEC 62841 -1:2014 Electric motor -operated hand -held tools, transportable tools and 
lawn and garden machinery – Safety . 
- IEC 62841 -4-4:2020 Part 4 -4: Particular requirements for lawn trimmers, lawn edge 
trimmers, grass trimmers, brush cutters and brush saws . 
- Decreto Supremo Nº298, Certificación de Pr oductos Eléctricos y Combustibles, de 2005, 
del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción . 
- Resolución Nº  40 de fecha 06.09.2006 del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y 
Reconstrucción, que establece los productos eléctricos que deben contar con certificado 
aprobación para su comercialización en el país . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed d ate of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://www.sec.cl/sitio -web/wp -content/uploads/2022/06/Protocolo -PE-6-07-
Orilladoras.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/CHL/22_4293_00_s.pdf