G/TBT/N/CHL/345  
22 February 2016  
(16-1054)  Page: 1/3  
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: Superintendencia de Electricidad y Combustibles , SEC (Electricity 
and Fuel Board) 
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: 
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 [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): 
 Connectors for electrical installations 
 Electrical panel boards 
 Feeders and subfeeders for electrical installations 
 Conductors, materials and trunking systems for electrical installations 
 Earthing systems and equipotential bonding connections for electrical installations 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Propuesta de 
Reglamento Técnico de Seguridad de Instalaciones de Consumo de Energía Eléctrica  (Draft 
Technical Regulation on the safety of electrical installations) (8 pages, in Spanish)  
This draft text also contains draft technical provisions for various electrical products: 
 Propuesta de Pliego Técnico Normativo RTIC N° 01, Empalmes de las instalaciones 
de consumo  (Draft regulatory technical provision RTIC No. 1: Connectors for 
electrical installations) (8 pages, in Spanish) 
 Propuesta de Pliego Técnico Normativo RTIC N° 02, Tableros eléctricos en 
instalaciones de consumos  (Draft regulatory technical provision RTIC No. 2: 
Electrical panel boards) (14 pages, in Spanish) 
 Propuesta de Pliego Técnico Normat ivo RTIC N° 03, Alimentadores y 
subalimentadores en instalaciones de consumos  (Draft regulatory technical provision 
RTIC No. 3: Feeders and subfeeders for electric al installations) (8 pages, in Spanish) 
 Propuesta de Pliego Técnico Normat ivo RTIC N° 04, Alimentadores y 
subalimentadores en instalaciones de consumos  (Draft regulatory technical provision 
RTIC No. 4: Conductors, materials and trunking systems for electrical installations) (77 pages, in Spanish) 
 Propuesta de Pliego Técnico Normativo RTIC N° 06, Sistemas de puesta a tierra y 
enlaces equipotenciales en las instalaciones de consumo  (Draft regulatory technical 
provision RTIC No. 6: Earthing systems and equipotential bonding connections for 
electrical installations) (22 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/CHL/345 
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  6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulati on on the safety of electrical 
installations seeks to establish the minimum requirements for the proper functioning and 
safety of these installations, with a view to ensuring they provide an efficient service that 
poses no danger to people or property. 
The text establishes the safety, quality and effi ciency requirements to be considered when 
designing, constructing, bringing into serv ice, operating and maintaining electrical 
installations. Such installations shall be und erstood to include even the thermomagnetic 
circuit breaker that connects the installation to the distribution network. 
The text also establishes draft regulatory technical provisions, thereby introducing new 
safety standards for various products, protection measures, systems, etc. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health and safety; Quality requirements 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Decreto con Fuerza de Ley N° 4/20.018, de 2006, del Ministerio de Economía, 
Fomento y Reconstrucción, Ley General de Servicios Eléctricos  (Decree Law 
No. 4/20.018 of 2006, of the Ministry  of the Economy, Development and 
Reconstruction, General Law on Electrical Services) 
 Decreto Supremo Nº 327, de 1997, del Ministerio de Minería, Reglamento de la Ley 
General de Servicios Eléctricos  (Supreme Decree No. 327 of 1997, of the Ministry of 
Mining, Regulations to the General Law on Electrical Services) 
 NCH Elec.  4/2003, Electricidad. Instalaciones de consumo en baja tensión, 
Decreto N° 115 de 2004, del Ministerio de Economía  (Chilean Standard NCH 
Elec. 4/2003, Electricity. Low voltage electrical installations, Decree No. 115 of 2004, 
of the Ministry of the Economy) 
 IEC 60670-1 2015, Boxes and enclosures for electrical accessories for household and 
similar fixed electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements 
 IEC 60364-4-41 2005, Low-voltage electrical installations - Part 4-41: Protection for 
safety - Protection against electric shock 
 IEC 60754-1 2011, Test on gases evolved during combustion of materials from 
cables - Part 1: Determination of the halogen acid gas content 
 IEC 60754-2 2011, Test on gases evolved during combustion of materials from 
cables - Part 2: Determination of acidity (by pH measurement) and conductivity 
 IEC 61084-1 1991, Cable trunking and ducting systems for electrical installations - 
Part 1: General requirements 
 IEC 61084-2-1 1996, Cable trunking and ductin g systems for electrical installations - 
Part 2: Particular requirements - Section 1: Cable trunking and ducting systems 
intended for mounting on walls or ceilings 
 IEC 61084-2-4 1996, Cable trunking and ductin g systems for electrical installations - 
Part 2: Particular requirements - Section 4: Service poles 
 IEC 61386-1 2008, Conduit systems for cable management - Part 1: General 
requirements 
 IEC 61386-21 2002, Conduit systems for cable management - Part 21: Particular 
requirements - Rigid conduit systems 
 IEC 61386-22 2002, Conduit Systems for cable management - Part 22: Particular 
requirements - Pliable conduit systems 
 IEC 61386-23 2002, Conduit systems for cable management - Part 23: Particular 
requirements - Flexible conduit systems 
 IEC 61386-24 2004, Conduit systems for cable management - Part 24: Particular 
requirements - Conduit systems buried underground 
 IEC 61439-6 2012, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies - Part 6: 
Busbar trunking systems (busways) 
 IEC 61537 2006, Cable management - Cable tray systems and cable ladder systems 
 DIN 4102-12 1998, Fire behaviour of building materials and building components - 
Part 12: Circuit integrity maintenance of electric cable systems; requirements and testing 
 DIN-48201 1981, Copper stranded conductors 
 ISO 4589 1996, Plastics -- Determination of burning behaviour by oxygen index -- 
Part 1: Guidance 
 UNE-EN 1366-3 2011, Ensayos de resistencia al fuego de instalaciones de servicio. G/TBT/N/CHL/345 
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  Parte 3: Sellantes de penetración  (Standard UNE-EN 1366-3 2011, Fire-resistance 
tests for service installations. Penetration seals) 
 UNE-EN 50267-2-1 1999, Métodos de ensayo comunes para cables sometidos al 
fuego. Ensayo de gases desprendidos durante la combustión de materiales procedentes de los cables. Parte 2: Procedimientos. Sección 1: Determinación de la cantidad de gases halógenos ácidos  (Standard UNE-EN 50267-2-1 1999, Common 
test methods for cables under fire conditions. Test on gases evolved during 
combustion of materials from cables. Part 2: Procedures. Section 1: Determination of the amount of halogen acid gas) 
 UNE-EN 50267-2-2 1999, Métodos de ensayo comunes para cables sometidos al 
fuego. Ensayo de gases desprendidos durante la combustión de materiales procedentes de los cables. Part -2-2: Procedimientos. Determinación del grado de 
acidez de gases de los materiales por medida del pH y la conductividad  (Standard 
UNE-EN 50267-2-2 1999, Common test methods for cables under fire conditions. Test on gases evolved during combustion of material from cables. Part 2-2: Procedures. Determination of degree of acidity of gases for materials by measuring 
pH and conductivity) 
 UNE-EN 50618 2015, Cables eléctricos para sistemas fotovoltaicos  (Standard UNE-
EN 50618 2015, Electric cables for photovoltaic systems) 
 VDE 0604-2-100 2012, Electrical installation  systems for electrical energy and 
information - Part 2-100: Test methods for halogen-free 
 VDE-0295 2005, Conductors of insulated cables (IEC 60228:2004) 
 UL-486A 2013, Wire connectors 
 NF F16 101 1988, Rolling stock. Fire behaviour. Materials choosing 
 NF F16 102 1992, Rolling stock. Fire behaviour. Ma terials choosing, application for 
electric equipments 
 IEC 60228 2004, Conductors of insulated cables 
 IEC 62305-2 2010, Protection against lightning - Part 2: Risk management 
 IEC 62305-3 2010, Protection against lightning - Part 3: Physical damage to 
structures and life hazard 
 IEEE 837 2002, Standard for Qualifying Permanent Connections Used in Substation 
Grounding 
 ASTM G162-99 2010, Standard Practice for Conducting and Evaluating Laboratory 
Corrosions Tests in Soils 
 ASTM G1-03 2011, Standard Practice for Preparing, Cleaning, and Evaluating 
Corrosion Test Specimens 
 ASTM B8-11 2011, Standard Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Copper 
Conductors, Hard, Medium-Hard, or Soft 
 IEEE 81 2012, Guide for Measuring Earth Resi stivity, Ground Impedance, and Earth 
Surface Potentials of a Grounding System 
 IEC 61557-5 2007, Electrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to 1 000 V 
a.c. and 1 500 V d.c. - Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective 
measures - Part 5: Resistance to earth 
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  
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