G/TBT/N/CHL/423  
21 November 2017  
(17-6357) 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 Economía (Ministry of Economic 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:  
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Directorate -General of 
International Economic Relations), 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) : Plain steel 
bars 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Modifica Decreto 
Supremo n° 1229, de 1940, del Ministerio de Fomento, que modifica las especificaciones 
generales para el empleo de barras lisas de acero en obras de hormigón armado y deja sin 
efecto Decre to Supremo n° 460, de 1978, del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y 
Reconstrucción  (Amendment to Supreme Decree No. 1229 of 1940 of the Ministry of 
Development, modifying the general specifications for the use of plain steel bars in 
reinforced concrete struc tures and repealing Supreme Decree No. 460 of 1978 of the 
Ministry of the Economy, Development and Reconstruction) (2 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text amends Supreme Decree No. 1229 of 1940  of 
the Ministry of Development  with a view to preventing possible breaches of the 
requirements for imported and domestically marketed bars for concrete reinforcement . It 
also establishes a different procedure from the current one, thereby improving the 
regulation of im ported bars for conc rete reinforcement  that are marketed in Chile .  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of misleading practices, and consumer protection.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Decreto Supremo n° 1229, de 1940  (Supreme Decree No. 1229 of 1940)  
Decreto Supremo n° 460, de 1978, del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción  
(Supreme Decree No. 460 of 1978 of the Ministry of the Economy, Development and 
Reconstruction)  
D.F.L N° 458, de 1976, Ley General de U rbanismo y Construcciones y sus modificaciones 
(Decree having Force of Law (DFL) No. 458 of 1976, Law on Urban Planning and 
Construction and amendments thereto)  G/TBT/N/CHL/423  
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  Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y Construcciones, aprobada por D.S . N° 47, (V. y U.), de 
1992 y sus modificaciones  (General Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction, 
adopted through Supreme Decree No. 47 (Housing and Urban Development) of 1992 and 
amendments thereto)  
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  (Regulations Department)  
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Directorate -General of 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 -22827 -5491 
Fax: (+56) 2 -22380 -9494 
Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl  
http://www.participacionciudadana.economia.gob.cl/consultas -ciudadanas -
virtuales/mod ifica-las-especificaciones -generales -para-el-empleo -de-barras