G/TBT/N/CHL/605  
14 July 2022 
(22-5370) 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  - 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 [ ], 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) : 
Lawnmowers  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Protocolo de Análisis y/o Ensayos de Seguridad de Producto Eléctrico PE Nº6/08:2022 
Cortadoras de césped  (Draft safety analysis and/or test protocol for electrical p roducts PE 
No. 6/08:2022 : Lawnmowers) (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Protocol establishes the safety certification 
procedure for electric pedestrian -controlled walk -behind cylinder and rotary lawnmowers, 
designed mainly for  household use or similar purposes, with a single -phase electric motor 
with a voltage not exceeding 250 V, equipped with metallic cutting means and/or non -
metallic cutting means and/or non -metallic cutting means with one or more cutting 
elements pivotally mounted on a generally circular drive unit, where these cutting 
elements rely on centrifugal force to achieve cutting, and have a kinetic energy for each 
single cutting element of greater than 10 J.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urge nt problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
- IEC 62841 -4-3:2020 -11 - Electric motor -operated hand -held tools, transportable tools 
and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 4 -3: Particular requirements for pedestrian 
controlled walk -behind lawnmowers.  
- Supreme Decree No. 298 of 2005 of the Ministry of the Economy, Development and 
Reconstruction on the certification of electrical products and fuel.  G/TBT/N/CHL/605  
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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 [ ] or address, telephone and  fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
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 5491  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.sec.cl/sitio -web/wp -content/uploads/2022/07/PE -No6-08_2022 -Cortadora -
Cesped.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/ crnattachments/2022/TBT/CHL/22_4662_00_s.pdf