G/TBT/N/CHL/387  
26 January  2017 
(17-0523) 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 Relaciones Económ icas Internacionales  
(Directorate -General of International Economic Relations), Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
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 : Ministerio de 
Energía  (Ministry of Energy)  
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) : Gas-fired 
instantaneous domestic water heaters (HS : 841911)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Especificació n 
técnica para el diseño de la etiqueta de eficiencia energética para artefactos de producción 
instantánea de agua caliente, para uso doméstico, que utilizan combustibles gaseosos 
(calefones) (Technical specifications for the design of the energy  efficiency label for gas -
fired instantaneous domestic water heaters) (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Technical specifications for the design of the energy efficiency 
label for gas -fired instantaneous domestic water heaters . These speci fications include the 
scope and area of application, energy efficiency grades, the label design, and the required 
placement of the label.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents : Under Article 4(i) of Decree -Law No. 2.224 of 1978, the Ministry of 
Energy is required to issue a resolution setting out the products, machines, instruments, 
equipment, appliances, devices and materials, powered by electricity, gas, fuel or any 
other energy source, that must have an approval certificate or energy consumption label in 
order to be marketed, in accordance with Article 3.14 of Law No. 18.140.  
Decreto Supremo Nº 64, de 2013, del Ministerio de Energía, Que Aprueba Reglament o Que 
Establece el procedimiento para la elaboración de las especificaciones técnicas de las 
etiquetas de consumo energético y normas para su aplicación  (Ministry of Energy Supreme 
Decree No. 64 of 2013 approving the regulations that establish the procedur e for 
developing technical specifications for energy consumption labels, and the rules for the use 
of these labels)  G/TBT/N/CHL/387  
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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 [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Departamento Regulatorio  
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relac iones Exteriores  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-22827 -5250 
Fax: (+56)-2-22380 -9494 
Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl  
http://ww w.energia.gob.cl/participa  
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