G/TBT/N/CHL/497  
28 August  2019 
(19-5539) 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 Energía  (Ministry of Energy)  
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:  
Subse cretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  de Chile  (Undersecretariat 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) : Quality 
specifications for liquid f uels for marine use, covering the following categories : - Seven 
categories of distillate marine fuels, referred to as marine diesel, including fuels used in 
emergency diesel engines on vessels, and - Six categories of residual fuels, referred to 
as marine residual fuel oils.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Propuesta de 
Decreto Supremo "Establece especificaciones de calidad de combustibles líquidos para 
uso marino"  (Proposed Supreme Decree, "Quality specifications for liq uid fuels for marine 
use"). (4 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The proposed Supreme Decree, "Quality specifications for liquid 
fuels for marine use", will lay down specifications and requirements to be met by marine 
fuels used in diesel engi nes and boilers on vessels . One of the parameters established in 
the document is a limit on sulphur content, in keeping with Annex VI, "Prevention of Air 
Pollution from Ships", to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from 
Ships (MAR POL).  
The decree will repeal Decree No. 673 of 1997, which made standard NCh 2286, 
Petroleum Products -Fuels-Specifications for Marine Fuels, approved by the National 
Standardization Institute, of the Ministry of the Economy, Development and 
Reconstruction,  Undersecretariat for the Economy, Development and Reconstruction, an 
official standard of the Republic.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment ; Quality requirements ; Reducing tr ade 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Annex VI, "Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships", to the International Convention for 
the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), which requires that the sulphur content 
of fuel not exceed the specified limit as from 1 January 2 020. 
- Decreto N° 67 3, de 1997, "Declara norma oficial de la República la que indica, aprobada 
por el Instituto Nacional de Normalización", del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y 
Reconstrucción ; Subsecretaria de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción . 
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 (Undersecretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  de Chile  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2- 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2- 2380 9494  
Email: Tbt_Chile@direcon.gob.cl  
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