G/TBT/N/CHL/540  
24 November  2020 
(20-8479) 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 : Dirección General de Obras Públicas  (Directorate -General of 
Public Works)  
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 indic ated 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 [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) : Domestic 
sewage system connections with poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) pipes  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NCh 2592:2019 
"Uniones domiciliarias de alcantarillado en tuberías de poli (cloruro de vinilo) (PVC) rígido 
- Requisitos"  (Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 2592:2019 "Domestic sewage system 
connections with rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) pipes  - Requirements ") (25 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Standard establishes the minimum requirements 
for the installation of domestic sewag e system connections with rigid poly(vinyl chloride) 
(PVC) pipes.  
The Standard applies to PVC domestic sewage system connections for residential use, 
which connect to both new and existing collectors, and which evacuate the property's 
wastewater by gravity  at atmospheric pressure and at temperatures not exceeding 60°C.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
• NCh399, Sistemas de tuberías plásticas para suministro de agua bajo presión, 
enterrado o superficial - Tuberías de poli(cloruro de vinilo) no plastificado (PVC -
U) - Requisitos ; 
• NCh1623, Cámaras de inspección prefabricadas de hormigón para redes públicas 
de alcantarillado - Requisitos ; 
• NCh1657/2, Anillos de caucho vulcanizado para tuberías - Parte 2 : Tuberías 
plásticas ; G/TBT/N/CHL/540  
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  • NCh2080, Tapas y anillos para cámaras de válvulas de agua potable y para 
cámaras de inspección de alcantarillado públic o; 
• NCh2252, Sistema d e tuberías plásticas en poli(cloruro de vinilo) no plastificado 
(PVC-U) para alcantarillado público enterrado - Especificaciones para tuberías y 
accesorios ; 
• NCh2593, Uniones domiciliarias de alcantarillado en tubos de hormigón simple - 
Requisitos ; 
• NCh3371,  Instalaciones domiciliarias de alcantarillado - Diseño, cálculo y 
requisitos ; 
• NCh3542, Sistema de tuberías para alcantarillado sanitario y otras aplicaciones 
sin presión - Instalación subterránea de tuberías termoplásticas ; 
• ASTM C443, Specification for Jo ints for Concrete Pipe and Manholes, Using Rubber 
Gaskets.  
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 [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2 -22827 5250  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
To view the above -mentioned standards, go to https://www.inncoleccion.cl/  and enter 
the following details:  
Empresa  (Company) : SUBREI -003 
Usuario  (Username) : subrei 
Contraseña  (Password) : subrei