G/TBT/N/CHL/596  
31 May 2022 
(22-4126) 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  del Medio Ambiente  (Ministry of the Environment)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if differ ent from above:  
Subsecretaria 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 [ ], 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) : Emission 
standard for heavy vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Resolución 
Exenta N° 497 del 16 de mayo de 2022 que aprueba Anteproyecto de Norma de Emisión 
Aplicables a Vehículos Pesados y lo somete a consulta públ ica (Exempt Resolution No. 
497 of 1 6 May 2 022 approving the preliminary draft emission standard for heavy vehicles, 
and submitting it for public consultation) (6 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified document , which has been submitted  for national 
public consultation, is aimed at regulating air pollutant emissions from heavy vehicles, 
which mostly use diesel as fuel . Emissions of substances such as nitrous oxides and 
particulate matter have an adverse and direct impact on the health of inhabitants in 
densely -populated  urban areas . The World Health Organization (WHO) has established 
that emissions of particulate matter produced by diesel engines are associated with acute 
and chronic illnesses.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/CHL/596  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Ley N°19.300, sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente  
- Decreto Supremo N°38, de 2012, del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, que aprueba el 
Reglamento para la Dictación de Normas de Calidad Ambiental y de Emisión  
- Resolución N° 7 de 2019 de la Contraloría General de la República, que fija normas 
sobre exención del trámite de toma de razón.  
- Decreto Supremo N° 55 de 1994, del Ministerio de Tr ansportes y Telecomunicaciones, 
que establece Normas de Emisión aplicables a vehículos motorizados que indica.  
- Decreto Supremo N° 4 de 2012 del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, que modifica el 
Decreto Supremo N° 55 de 1994, del Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones.  
- Resolución Exenta N° 440 de 2020 del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, que aprueba 
Programa de Regulación Ambiental 2020 - 2021 
- Resolución Exenta N° 1305 de 2020 del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, que da inicio al 
proceso de revisión d e la norma de emisió n 
9. Proposed date of adoption : Second half of 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force : 24 months after publication of the Decree in the 
Official Journal  
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:  
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  
https://consultasciudadanas.mma.gob.cl/portal/consulta/125  
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