G/TBT/N/CHL/462  
11 December 2018  
(18-7829) 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 Vivienda y Urbanismo  (Ministry of Housing and Urban 
Development)  
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:  
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  (Directorate -General of International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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) : 
Cold-formed carbon steel structural piping with longitudinal seams (welded) and a 
rectangular, squared, round or special shape, for use in construction (bolted, riveted and 
welded structures), and for general structural purposes  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NCh3518:2017, 
Acero - Tubular estructural de acero al carbono conformado en frío soldado con una 
costura - Requisitos (Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 3518:2017 : Steel - Cold-formed carbon 
steel structural piping with seams - Requirements ) (20 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Standard establishes the requirements for cold -
formed carbon steel structural piping with longitudinal seams (welded) and a rectangular, 
squared, round or special shape, for use in construction (bolted, riveted and welded 
structures), and for general structural purposes.  
It applies to pipes with a circumference of no more than 2235 mm, and a nominal wall 
thickness of more than 1.5 mm or less than 25.4 mm.  
7. Objective and rationale,  including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
• NCh427/1 Construcción - Estructuras de acero - Parte 1 : Requisitos para el cálculo 
de estructuras de acero para edificio ; 
• NCh427/2 Construcción - Estructuras de acero - Parte 2 : Diseño de miembros 
estructurales de acero conformados en frío.   G/TBT/N/CHL/462  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months following publication  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Directorate -General of 
Intern ational Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 -22827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 -22380 9494  
Email: TBT_Chile@direcon.gob.cl  
Note: To view the above -mentioned Chilean Standard, go to 
https://www.inncoleccion.cl/  and enter the following data:  
Company : DIRECON -021 
Username : direcon  
Password : direcon