G/TBT/N/CHL/637  
20 April 2023 
(23-2854) 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:  
Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones , SUBTEL (Under -Secretariat for 
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 noti fication 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 [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) : Terminal 
equipment used in mobile networks  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Fija norma 
técnica que regula las especificaciones técnicas que deberá cumplir la estructura de IMEI 
de los equipos terminales utilizados en las redes móviles  (Technical standard regulating 
the technical specifications to be met by the IMEI structure of terminal equipment used 
in mobile networks) ; (3 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : In Chile, there are telecommunications regulations o n blocking 
the IMEI of mobile terminal equipment in the event of theft, robbery or loss . However, it 
has been reported that, in some cases, these IMEIs are subsequently tampered with in 
order to bypass the block.  
To prevent this from happening, this propos al seeks to complement the existing 
regulations on the matter by establishing the technical characteristics and structure with 
which the IMEIs of terminal equipment must comply in order to be used in mobile 
networks, failing which they will not be able to carry traffic in the country.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Harmonization.  G/TBT/N/CHL/637  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Law No. 18.168 (General Law on Telecommunications).  
- Under -Secretariat Decree No. 157 of 2011 establishing the procedure for blocking stolen 
or lost terminal equipment.  
- Exempt Resolution No. 1.068 of 2013, as amended by Exempt Resolution No. 4.281 of 
2022, both of the Under -Secretari at for Telecommunications, which regulates the blocking 
of mobile telecommunications terminal equipment in special situations.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
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 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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