G/TBT/N/CHL/638  
17 May 2023 
(23-3431) 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 , SUBREI - Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores  (Under -Secretariat 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) : Electrically 
propelled vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Propuesta de 
Modificación del Decreto N°145 de 2017, del Ministerio de Transportes y 
Telecomunicaciones, Subsecretaría de Transportes  (Proposed amendment to Decree No.  
145 of 2017 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under -Secretariat for 
Transport) (2 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : It has been deemed necessary to amend Ministry of Transport 
and Telecommunications Decree No. 145 of 2017 establishing the technical, structural 
and safety requirements for certain electric vehicles, in order to:  
1. Incorporate standard GB/T 20234 -2015 Connection set for conductive charging of 
electric vehicles ; and standard GB/T 34657.2 -2017 Inter operability test specifications of 
electric vehicle conductive charging - Part 2 : Vehicle.  
2. Establish as mandatory the charging cable adapter for vehicles with AC charging 
coupling systems that comply with GB/T 20234 -2015 Connection set for conductive 
charging of electric vehicles, matters which were set out and noted in G/TBT/N/CHL/537 
of 2020.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Experience has shown that electrically propelled vehicles are charged by th eir 
users more than 80% of the time in private homes, which is an advantage in the sense 
that the demand for electricity for charging electric vehicles is manageable and can 
feasibly coincide with the off -peak demand on the national grid, and in this sense , the 
proposed regulatory amendment incorporates the progress made by the industry and in G/TBT/N/CHL/638  
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  international standards for vehicle charging systems, under standard conditions of safety 
and compatibility.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Article 62° of  Decreto con Fuerza de Ley N° 1 de 2007, de los Ministerios de Transportes 
y Telecomunicaciones, y de Justicia, que fija el texto refundido, coordinado y 
sistematizado de la Ley N°18.290, de Tránsito.  
Decreto N°145 de 2017, del Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones, 
Subsecretaría de Transportes  (https://bcn.cl/2uh04 ). 
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:  
División de Aspectos Regulatorios del Comercio  (Trade Regulations Division)  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económica s Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Teatinos 180, piso 11, Santiago, Chile  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://mtt.gob.cl/wp -content/uploads/2023/05/Texto -modificaci%C3%B3n -DS-
145_2017MTT_Consulta -OMC.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/CHL/23_09698_00_s.pdf