G/TBT/N/CHL/677  
18 April 2024 
(24-3224) 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 del Medio Ambiente  (Environmental Regulatory Authority)  
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:  
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) : Luminaires 
and floodlights for use in outdoor lighting  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Protocolo de 
Análisis y Ensayos de Contaminación Lumínica de Luminarias y/o Proyectores de 
Alumbrado de Exteriores PCL N°1:2024  (Analysis and test protocol for the light pollution 
of luminaires and/or floodlights  for outdoor lighting PCL No. 1:2024) (10 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Protocol establishes the requirements in respect of 
light pollution that must be met for the certification of luminaires and floodlights for use 
in the types of outdoor lighting defined in Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Ministry of the 
Environment Supreme Decree No. 1/2022, establishing the " Artificial light e mission 
standard for outdoor lighting, based on the revision of Ministry of the Environment 
Supreme Decree No. 43 of 2012" . Such luminaires and floodlights must be in a condition 
representative of new manufacture, with a supply voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts, in 
accordance with the scope and coverage set out in  IEC 62722 -1 Ed. 1.0 2014 -09: 
"Luminaire  performance - Part 1 : General requirements" , and the other reference 
standards  indicated in Table  A, depending on the nature or type of light source used . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Exempt Resolution No. 731 approving Protocolos de Análisis y Ensayo de Producto 
Eléctrico para la determinación del Cumplimiento de Protección de la G/TBT/N/CHL/677  
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  Contaminación Lumínica D.S . N°43 de 2012 MMA, PCL N°1 y PCL N°2 , 26 August 
2015. 
• Ministry of the Environment Supreme Decree No. 1 of 2022, new lighting 
standard.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 30 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, SUBREI  
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://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/ CHL/24_02680_00_s.pdf  
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https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/CHL/24_02680_02_s.pdf