G/TBT/N/CHL/527  
31 July 2020 
(20-5360) 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 : Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones , MTT (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 notifi cation shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría 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 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Safety 
belts and safety -belt anchor ages 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Decreto Supremo que modifica el Decreto Supremo N° 175 de 2006 del Ministerio de 
Transportes y Telecomunicaciones  (Draft Supreme Decree amending Supreme Decree No. 
175 of  2006 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications) (2 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Supreme Decree amends Supreme Decree 
No. 175 of 2006 , which  establish es safety requirements and construction criteria for the 
bodies of buses provid ing intercity passenger transport services , by updating the names 
of various  international stand ards applicable to safety belts and safety -belt anchorages 
for bus seats  and establishing the requirement for three -point safety belts.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Article 62 of Decree having Force of Law (DFL) No. 1 of 2007 of the Ministries of 
Transport and Justice, establishing the revised, coordinated and consolidated text 
of Law No. 18.290 (Law on Transit)  
• Supreme Decree No. 175 of 2006  of the Ministry of Transport and 
Telecommunications  
9. Proposed date of ado ption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - G/TBT/N/CHL/527  
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  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  (Undersecretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11, Santiago, Chile  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.g ob.cl 
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