G/TBT/N/CHL/298
12 March 2015
(15-1409)  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: Superintendencia de Medio Ambiente  (Environment Regulatory 
Authority) 
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 [  ], 2.10. 1 [ X ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [ X ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable): Street 
lighting, lamps, illuminated signs and notices, and projectors. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Protocolo de 
análisis y ensayo de producto eléctrico para la determinación del cumplimiento de protección de la contaminación lumínica para las Regiones de Antofagasta, Atacama y 
Coquimbo (Electrical product analysis and test protocol for determining compliance with 
light pollution prevention standards for the regions of Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo) (38 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 projectors used in 
outdoor and indoor lighting, lighting for sports and recreation facilities, and functional, 
industrial, ornamental and decorative lighti ng, which use gas-discharge or incandescent 
filament light sources or lamps. It applies to lighting used in the regions of Antofagasta, 
Atacama and Coquimbo, as set forth in Article 2 of Ministry of the Environment Decree No. 
43 of 2012. Such luminaires and projectors must be in a new condition, with a supply voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts, in accordance with the scope and coverage established in Reference Standard IEC 62722-1 Ed. 1.0 2014-09:  "Luminaire Performance - Part 1:  
General Requirements" and other standards and technical reports referenced therein.  G/TBT/N/CHL/298 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of the environment. 
The notified text has been issued for urgent environmental protection purposes under 
Articles 2.10 and 5.7 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. Owing to the astronomical quality of their skies, the re gions of Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo 
possess a valuable cultural and environmental heritage which is internationally recognised 
as the best in the southern hemisphere for astronomical research. Consequently, this area 
of Chile is home to various astronomical observatories, such as Cerro Tololo, Pachón, La Silla, Las Campanas and Paranal, and will host  the future Large Synoptic Survey Telescope 
(LSST), Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), and European Extremely Large Telescope (E-
ELT). Chile must urgently and specifically protect the environmental quality of the sky in these areas. 
In light of the above, it is essential that we  afford special protection to the environmental 
quality of the sky in the regions indicated, which is threatened by light pollution from city lights and lights from activities such as mining and industry. Regulating radiant flux emissions from the sources specified should help to preserve the current quality of the 
above-mentioned skies, improve their conditio n, and prevent them from deteriorating in 
the future.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Ministry of the Environment Decree No . 43 establishing a standard for the 
regulation of light pollution, created through the revision of Ministry of the 
Economy, Development and Reconstruction Decree No. 686 of 1998 
• - IEC 62722-1 Edition 1.0 2014-09: "Luminaire Performance - Part 1: General 
Requirements".  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 4 March 2015. Without prejudice, the consultation period is 
60 days.  
Proposed date of entry into force: 4 March 2015  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days  
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)-2-2827 5491 Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494 
Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl  
Text available from: http://www.sma.gob.cl/index.php/noticias/notas/513-sma-define-
protocolo-tecnico-para-norma-luminica