G/TBT/N/CHL/558  
7 June 2021 
(21-4632) 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 notification 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 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Electrical 
heat pumps  
5. Title,  number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Protocolo de Análisis y/o Ensayos de Bombas de calor eléctricas  (Draft analysis and/or 
test protocol for electrical heat pumps) (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The no tified protocol establishes the safety certification 
procedure requirements for electrical heat pumps, including sanitary hot water heat 
pumps, in a state representative of new products, in accordance with the scope and field 
of application of IEC standard s 603365 -1:2016 "Household and similar electrical 
appliances - Part 2 -40: Particular requirements for electrical heat pumps, air -conditioners 
and dehumidifiers" and 603365 -1:2016 "Household and similar electrical appliances - 
Safety - Part 1 : General requirements" . It applies to single -phase appliances with a 
refrigerant gas direct -expansion system and an electric power not exceeding 7  kW. 
7. Objective and rationale, includ ing the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
- IEC 60335 -2-40:2018, Household and similar electrical appliances - Part 2 -40: Particular 
requirements for electrical heat pumps, air -conditioners and dehumidifiers.  
- IEC 603365 -1:2016, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1 : 
General requirements.  
- Ley Nº18.410:1985 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/558  
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  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:  
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://www.sec.cl/sitio -web/wp -content/uploads/2021/06/Protocolo -PE1-37-24-05-
2021-bombas -de-calor-electricas.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/CHL/21_3920_00_s.pdf