G/TBT/N/CHL/359  
10 May 2016  
(16-2566)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Energía  (Ministry of Energy) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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: Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores  (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): Light and 
medium motorized vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Modifica Decreto 
Supremo Nº 61, de 2012, del Ministerio de Energía, que aprueba Reglamento de 
Etiquetado de Consumo Energético para Vehículos Motorizados Livianos que indica  
(Amendment to Supreme Decree No. 61 of 2012 of  the Ministry of En ergy, approving the 
energy labelling regulations for the indicated light motor vehicles) (4 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: Draft Amendment to Supreme Decree No. 61 of 2012 of the 
Ministry of Energy, approving the energy labelling regulations for the indicated light motor 
vehicles. The notified Amendment extends the scope of Supreme Decree No. 61 to include 
other types of vehicles such as light commercial vehicles, medium vehicles, pure electric 
vehicles and hybrid vehicles.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Supreme Decree No. 61 of 2012 of the Ministry of Energy established a 
national system for the labelling of vehicles in Chile. This system was designed to provide information on the energy consumption of vehicles, which had previously been unavailable, 
and to implement a national system to meas ure and monitor the energy consumption of 
new light vehicles. Given the manner in which this measure is applied, it was deemed appropriate to include other types of vehicles such as light commercial vehicles, medium 
vehicles, pure electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles.  
8. Relevant documents:  
- Decreto Supremo Nº 61, de 2012, del Ministerio de Energía, Reglamento de Etiquetado 
de consumo energético para vehículos motorizados livianos  ( S u p r e m e  D e c r e e  N o .  6 1  o f  
2012 of the Ministry of Energy, Energy labelli ng regulations for light motorized vehicles) 
- Decreto Supremo N° 211, de 1991, del Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones  
(Supreme Decree No. 211 of 1991 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications) 
- Decreto Supremo N° 54, de 1994, del Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones  
(Supreme Decree No. 54 of 1994 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications) G/TBT/N/CHL/359 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: - 
Proposed date of entry into force: - 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification. 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Departamento Regulatorio 
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Teatinos 180, piso 11 
Tel.: (+56)-2-22827 5491 
Fax: (+56)-2-22380 9494 Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl  
http://www.energia.go b.cl/participa 
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