G/TBT/N/CHL/654  
19 July 2023 
(23-4917) 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 notificat ion shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, SUBREI (Under -Secretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  - Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  (Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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) : Electrical 
heat pumps  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Protocolo de 
Análisis y/o Ensayos de Seguridad PE N º 1/XX:2023 de Bombas de calor eléctricas  (Safety 
analysis and/or test protocol (PE No. 1/XX:2023) for electrical heat pumps) (11 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified protocol establishes the requirements for the safety 
certification  procedure for single -phase electrical heat pumps with a refrigerant gas direct -
expansion system and an electric power not exceeding 7 kW . Such products include:  
• Sanitary hot water heat pumps.  
• Heat pumps for swimming pools.  
• Heat pumps for more than o ne of the above -mentioned uses.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
- IEC 60335 -1:2016, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1 : General 
requirements.  
- IEC 60335 -2-40:2018, Household and similar electrical appliances - Part 2 -40: Particular 
requirements for electrical heat pumps, air -conditioners and dehumidifie rs. 
- Ley Nº 18.410 de 1985 del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción . G/TBT/N/CHL/654  
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  - Decreto Supremo Nº 298, Certificación de Productos Eléctricos y Combustibles, de 2005, 
del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
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  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5491  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.sec.cl/sitio -web/wp -content/uploads/2023/07/Protocolo -PE-N-1-XX-2023-
bombas -de-calor-electricas.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/CHL/23_11141_00_s.pdf