G/TBT/N/CHL/630  
27 March  2023 
(23-2177) 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:  
Dirección General de Obras Públicas  (Directorate -General of Public Works)  
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 indic ated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales - 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 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 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) : Cement - 
Aggregat e Type A for use in cements - Specifications  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NCh 160:2021 
Cemento - Agregado Tipo A para uso en cementos - Especificaciones (NCh 160:2021 
Cement - Type A Aggregate for use in cements - Specifications) ; (13 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified rule establishes the specifications on the additive 
known as Type A Aggregate that is used to produce the cements defined in NCh148 . 
Annex A of this rule contains a description of the process that must be developed to 
incorporate additives other than those standardized in clause 4 of this rule and in NCh161 
in order to promote the incorporation of other materials that can be used as additives in 
the creation of cement . This rule does not concern safety issues, if there are any, 
associated with its use . It is the responsibility of the user of this rule to establish 
appropriate health and safety practices, and to determine the degree of application of the 
regulatory limi tations prior to use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
• NCh 148 Cemento - Terminología, clasificación y requisitos  
• NCh 150 Cemento - Determinación de la finura por tamizado húmedo  
• NCh 158 Cemento - Ensayo de compresión  G/TBT/N/CHL/630  
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  • NCh 161 Cemento - Puzolana, escoria básica y cenizas volantes para uso en 
cementos - Especificaciones  
• Manual de Carteras del MOP , available at: https://mc.mop.gob.cl/  
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  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-22827 5250  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
To view the above -mentioned standards, go to https://www.inncoleccion.cl/  and enter 
the following details:  
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