G/TBT/N/CHL/592  
10 May 2022 
(22-3645) 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 - 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) : Regulators 
with or without pressure gauge (manometer), to be connected to welded portable 
cylinders for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with manual valve  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Protocolo de Análisis y/ o Ensayos de Seguridad de Reguladores con o sin indicador de 
presión (manómetro), destinados a conectarse a cilindros portátiles soldados para GLP 
con válvula de accionamiento manual  (Draft safety analysis and/or test protocol for 
regulators with or withou t pressure gauge (manometer), to be connected to welded 
portable cylinders for LPG with manual valve) (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified protocol establishes the certification procedure for 
regulators with or without pressure g auge (manometer), to be connected to welded 
portable cylinders for LPG with manual valve, in accordance with the scope and field of 
application of standard UNE -EN 16129:2014.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applic able: Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
- UNE-EN 16129:2014, Pressure regulators, automatic change -over devices, having a 
maximum regulated pressure of 4 bar, with a maximum capacity of 150 kg/h, associated 
safety devices and adaptors for butane, propane, and their mixtures.  
- Ley 18.410:1985 del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción . 
- Decreto Supremo Nº298, de 2005, Certificación de Productos Eléctricos y Combustibles 
del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción . G/TBT/N/CHL/592  
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  - Resolución Exenta N°0681, de fecha 07.10.2011, del Ministerio de Energía . 
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  (Under -Secretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Rela ciones Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_Chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.sec.cl/consulta -publica/#1562021903705 -db277904 -ea8a 
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