G/TBT/N/CHL/457  
21 August  2018 
(18-5292) 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 Obras Públicas , MOP (Ministry of Public Works)  
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 [ ], 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) : Carbon 
steel bar grating, grating for flooring and steps  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NCh 3572 
Parrillas de barras de acero al carbono - Parrillas de piso y peldaños - Requisitos para su 
fabricación y uso  (Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 3572, Carbon stee l bar grating - Grating for 
flooring and steps - Requirements for manufacturing and use) (60 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Standard establishes the classification and 
description of floor and step grating used for industrial floors, steps, platforms, gangways, 
drainage channels, etc.  
It establishes geometrical and dimensional requirements and tolerances for grating for 
flooring and steps.  
It also establishes the mechanical, chemical composition and dimensional requirements to 
be met by carbon steel bars (primary material) used to manufacture grating for flooring 
and steps . It furthermore contains calculation tables for the design of such products.  
The notified Standard establishes the requirements for the volume calculation, 
manufacture and delivery of grating for flooring and steps.  
It does not apply to grating steps made from materials other than steel and carbon, or 
manufactured using different manufacturing methods, such as pressure -locked and/or 
riveted grating  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/CHL/457  
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  8. Relevant documents : NCh 3572 Parrillas de barras de acero al carbono - Parrillas de piso 
y peldaños - Requisitos para su fabricación y uso  (Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 3572, 
Carbon steel bar grating - Grating for flooring and steps - Requirements for manufacturing 
and use)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the dat e 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  (Regulations Department)  
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  
Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl  
Note: To view the above -mentioned Chilean Standard, go to https://www.inncoleccion.cl/  
and enter the following data:  
Company : DIRECON -020 
Username : direcon  
Password : direcon  
Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl