G/TBT/N/CHL/337  
14 January 2016  
(16-0288)  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: Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
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 [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): Food for 
human consumption 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Propuesta de 
modificación de las Normas Técnicas sobre Directrices Nutricionales que Indica, para la 
Declaración de Propiedades Saludables de los Alimentos, relacionada al Reglamento Sanitario de los Alimentos, Decreto Supremo n° 977/96 del Ministerio de Salud  (Proposed 
amendment to technical standards establishing nutritional guidelines on health claims for 
food products, as regulated by the Food Health Regulations, Supreme Decree No. 977/96 of the Ministry of Health) (19 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The purpose of the notified amendment is to update and 
harmonize domestic regulations in respect of health claims for food products. It establishes 
requirements that are to be met by food products where producers wish to make a 
voluntary claim concerning authorized health properties, with a view to ensuring that such claims are consistent and in line with national health and nutrition policy. 
Claims concerning the health properties of f ood products are regulated by the Food Health 
Regulations and their accompanying Resolution, Resolution No. 764 of 2009 (and updates thereto). 18 health claims are currently authorized in Chile. Their use is voluntary and each one is governed by mandatory requirements that are to be met by the food products 
concerned. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Human health 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Supreme Decree ( Decreto Supremo ) No. 977/96 of the Ministry of Health. 
 Exempt Resolution ( Resolución Exenta ) No. 764/09, published in the Official Journal 
of 5 October 2009. 
 Exempt Resolution ( Resolución Exenta ) No. 24/11, published in the Official Journal 
of 3 February 2011. G/TBT/N/CHL/337 
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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 [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)-2-22827 5491 
Fax: (+56)-2-22380 9494 Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl  
http://web.minsal.cl/consultas-publicas-vigentes/ 
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