G/TBT/N/CHL/411  
5 July 2017 
(17-3602) 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 Energía  (Ministry of Energy)  
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) : Air-
conditioning equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Informe Técnico 
Estándar Mínimo de Eficiencia Energética Equipos de Aire Acondicionado  (Technical report - 
Minimum energy efficiency standard - Air-conditioning equipment) (74 pages, in Spani sh)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Report on the definition of a minimum 
energy efficiency standard for air -conditioning equipment provides the background 
information that has been considered for the proposed definition . The proposed d efinition 
of the minimum energy efficiency standard for air -conditioning equipment takes into 
consideration international experiences, existing energy efficiency labelling, models 
currently available on the market, and evaluations have been carried out on the energy, 
financial and environmental benefits of the measure.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents : Under Article 4(h) of Decree -Law No. 2.224 of 1978, the Ministry 
of Energy is required to issue a resolution setting out the minimum energy efficiency 
standards to be met by products, machines, instruments, equipment, appliances, devices 
and materials, powered by electricity, gas, fuel or any other en ergy source, in order to be 
marketed in the country, and therefore must issue regulations establishing a procedure to 
set out such standards.  
Decreto Supremo Nº 97, de 15 de noviembre de 2011, del Ministerio de Energía, que 
aprueba reglamento que establece  el procedimiento para la fijación de estándares mínimos 
de eficiencia energética y normas para su aplicación  (Ministry of Energy Supreme Decree 
No. 97 of 1 5 November 2 011 approving the regulations that establish the procedure for 
establishing minimum energy efficiency standards, and the rules for their use)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - G/TBT/N/CHL/411  
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  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 Relaciones Exteriores  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-22827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2-22380 9494  
Email: mailto: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl  
 
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