G/TBT/N/CHL/443  
7 June 2018 
(18-3469) 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 : Superintendencia de Medio Ambiente  (Environmental Regulatory 
Authority)  
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  - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  (Directorate -General of International Economic Relations , 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) : Urban and 
rural public transport buses  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Protocolo Técnico 
sobre procedimientos de medición de ruido de buses de locomoción colectiva urbana y 
rural (Technical protocol on procedures for mea suring noise from urban and rural public 
transport buses) (14 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : This draft protocol seeks to establish the measuring procedures 
for the dynamic and stationary testing referred to in the noise emission standard for urban 
and rural public transport buses.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Ley 19.300, sobre bases generales del Medio Ambiente  (Law No. 19.300 establishing 
general environmental principles)  
D.S. N° 129 de 2002 del Ministerio de Transporte y Telecomunicaciones, Norma de Emisión 
de Ruido para Buses de Locomoción Colectiva Urbana y Rural  (Supreme Decree No. 129 of 
2002 of the Ministry of Transport a nd Telecommunications : Noise emission standard for 
urban and rural public transport buses)  
D.S. N° 29 de 2016 del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, que modifica el D.S . N° 129 del 
2002, del Ministerio de Transporte y Telecomunicaciones  (Supreme Decree No. 29 of 2016 
of the Ministry of the Environment amending Supreme Decree No. 129 of 2002 of the 
Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications)  
D.S. N° 54 de 1997 del Ministerio de Transporte y Telecomunicaciones, que dispone 
Normas sobre homologación de vehículos  (Supreme Decree No. 54 of 1997 of the Ministry G/TBT/N/CHL/443  
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  of Transport and Telecommunications establishing rules on vehicle approval)  
D.S. N° 156 de 1990 del Ministerio de Transporte y Telecomunicaciones, que reglamenta 
Revisiones Técnicas y la Autorización y Funcio namiento de las Plantas Revisoras  (Supreme 
Decree No. 156 of 1990 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications regulating 
technical reviews and the authorization and operation of inspection facilities)  
International Standard ISO 362 -1:2007 : Measurem ent of noise emitted by accelerating 
road vehicles - Engineering method - Part 1 : M and N categories  
International Standard ISO 362 -1:2015 : Measurement of noise emitted by accelerating 
road vehicles - Engineering method - Part 1 : M and N categories  
Interna tional Standard ISO 5130:2007 : Acoustics - Measurement of sound pressure level 
emitted by stationary road vehicles  
International Standard IEC 61672 -1:2013 : Electroacoustics - Sound level meters - Part 1 : 
Specifications  
International Standard IEC 60942:2003 : Electroacoustics - Sound calibrators  
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 [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Directorate -General of 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 -22827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 -22380 9494  
 
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