G/TBT/N/CHL/550  
10 February  2021 
(21-1099) 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 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 differe nt from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  - 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 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Marine 
litter and microplastics  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Aprueba 
Anteproyecto de Estrategia Nacional sobre Residuos Marinos y Microplásticos, del 
Ministerio del Medio Ambiente  (Approval of the Ministry of the Environment preliminary 
draft National  Strategy on Marine Litter and Microplastics) (16 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The preliminary draft National Strategy on Marine Litter and 
Microplastics has been submitted for consultations . Marine litter, including plastic litter, 
is a global environmental problem which has an adverse impact on biodiversity and the 
marine environment, tourism, fishing and marine transport . In light of the above, the 
Ministry of the Environment (MMA) and the Directorate General of the Maritime Territory 
and Merchant Marine (DIRECTEMAR) agreed to develop a national strategy on marine 
litter, together with an action plan.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant document s: 
- Ley N° 19.300, sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente ; 
- Ley N°20.417, 2010, que crea el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Servicio de Evaluación 
Ambiental y la Superintendencia de Medio Ambiente ; 
- Ley N°20.920 que establece el marco para la gestión de residuos, la responsabilidad 
extendida del productor y el fomento al reciclaje . 
- Ley Nº 21.100, que prohíbe la entrega de bolsas plásticas de comercio en todo el 
territorio nacional . G/TBT/N/CHL/550  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption - 
Proposed date of entry into f orce: - 
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  (Under -Secretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
 
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.go b.cl 
 
Link: http://consultasciudadanas.mma.gob.cl  
 
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