G/TBT/N/CHL/285  
27 August 2014  
(14-4918)  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 Transportes y Telecomunicaciones  (Ministry of 
Transport and Telecommunications) 
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): Airbags  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento de 
obligatoriedad del uso de bolsas de aire (airbag) y modifica Decreto Supremo N° 26, del 
Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones que establece elementos de seguridad aplicables a vehículos motorizados  (Regulation establishing the mandatory use of airbags 
and amending Supreme Decree No. 26 of  the Ministry of Transport and 
Telecommunications on safety features applicable to motor vehicles) (3 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: Under the notified Regulation, it will be mandatory, as of the 
dates indicated in Article 2 thereof, for the light passenger vehicles defined in Supreme Decree No. 211 of 1991 to be fitted with an airbag system, as defined in Article 2.8 of 
Supreme Decree No. 26 of 2000 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications. The 
airbag system is one of a set of vehicle components that must comply with a passenger protection system standard. It will also be mandatory for the mid-size vehicles defined in 
Supreme Decree No. 54 of 1994 of the Ministry  of Transport and Telecommunications, for 
which first-time entry in the National Register of Motor Vehicles is sought after 1 January 2016, to be fitted with the safety features described in paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 13 of Article 2 of Supreme Decree No. 26 of 20 00 of the Ministry of Transport and 
Telecommunications.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Safety 
8. Relevant documents: Supreme Decree No. 26 of 2000 and Resolution No. 48 of 2000 of 
the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: - 
Proposed date of entry into force: - 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification G/TBT/N/CHL/285 
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  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, Santiago 
Tel.: (+56) 2 827-5491 
Fax: (+56) 2 380-9494 Email: mailto:tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl 
Text available from: 
http://www.conaset.cl/wp-content/upload s/2014/08/REGLAMENT A-OBLIGATORIEDAD-
DEL-USO-DE-BOLSAS-DE-A IRE_06_08_2014-4.pdf 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/tbt/CHL/14_3828_00_s.pdf