G/TBT/N/CHL/326  
2 October 2015  
(15-5126)  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 Vivienda y Urbanismo , MINVU (Ministry of Housing 
and Urban Development) 
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 [X], 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): Inclined 
lifts and skip hoists or funiculars 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Normas 
contenidas en el marco de la Ley N° 20296 que establece las disposiciones para la instalación, mantención e inspección periódica de los ascensores y otras instalaciones 
similares, que complementa el D.S. N° 47 de 1992 (Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y 
Construcciones) relativas a los ascensores verticales o inclinados, funiculares, montacargas, rampas y escaleras mecánicas (Standards contained in Law No. 20296 
establishing provisions for the installation, maintenance and periodic inspection of lifts and 
other similar types of machinery, which supplements Supreme Decree (D.S.) No. 47 of 1992 (General Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction) regarding vertical or inclined lifts, funiculars, hoists, moving walkways and escalators).  
6. Description of content: The General Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction 
(OGUC) regulates the General Law on Urban Planning and Construction. It governs the 
administrative procedure, urban planning process, urbanization process and construction process and defines the technical standards for design and construction applicable to the urbanization and construction processes. 
Accordingly, the following standard developed by the National Institute of Standardization 
of Chile (INN) has been incorporated into the General Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction: NCh3365:2015 Requirements for vertical transportation equipment - Inclined 
lifts and skip hoists or funiculars. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Safety G/TBT/N/CHL/326 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Ley N° 20296 que establece las disposiciones para la instalación, mantención e 
inspección periódica de los ascensores y otras instalaciones similares 
(Law No. 20296 establishing provisions for the installation, maintenance and periodic inspection of lifts and other similar types of machinery) 
 D.S. N° 47 de 1992 - Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y Construcciones (Supreme 
Decree (D.S.) No. 47 of 1992 - General Ordinance on Urban Planning and 
Construction) 
 NCh3395/1, Equipos de transporte vertical - Parte 1: Requisitos para la inspección 
de ascensores y montacargas eléctricos existentes  (Chilean Standard NCh3395/1, 
Vertical transport equipment - Part 1: Requirements governing the inspection of existing electrical lifts and skip hoists) 
 ASME A17.1-2007/CSA B44-07, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, Includes 
Requirements for Elevators, Escalators, Dumbwaiters, Moving Walks, Material Lifts, and Dumbwaiters with Automatic Transfer Devices 
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  
Note: In order to access the aforementioned standards, first ensure that you have the 
latest version of Java, then go to https://www.inncoleccion.cl/  and enter the following 
data: 
Company: DIRECON-006 
Username: direcon-adm 
Password: direcon02 Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl  
Once admitted to the website, click on "Show all standards from my collection"