G/TBT/N/CHL/568  
10 August  2021 
(21-6163) 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 Electricidad y Combustibles , SEC (Electricity 
and Fuel Board)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notificati on shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores de Chile (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 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) : Single 
core or multicore electrical  conductors for low -voltage use, types RZ1 and RZ1 -K 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PE Nº 
2/17:2021 Protocolo de Análisis y/o Ensayo de Seguridad de Producto Eléctrico  (PE No. 
2/17:2021 Safety analysis and/or test prot ocol for electrical products) (11 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified protocol establishes the safety certification 
procedure for single core or multicore electrical conductors which are non -armoured and 
non-shielded, non -flame and non-fire propagating, with low toxic gas emissions, low 
smoke density and low combustion gas acidity, made of annealed copper, bare or metal -
coated, solid (class 1), stranded (class 2), flexible (class 5), cross -linked polyethylene -
insulated (XLPE), with a  sheath of type ST8 thermoplastic material, halogen -free, with a 
service temperature to 90ºC and a rated voltage ( Uo/U) of 0.6/1kV, in accordance with 
the scope and field of application of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 
Standard No. 60502 -1:2009, designations RZ1 K and RZ1 -K, respectively.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
IEC 60502 -1:2009, Power cables with extruded insulation and their accessories for rated 
voltages from 1 kV (Um = 1,2 kV) up to 30 kV (Um = 36 kV) - Part 1 : Cables for rated 
voltages of 1 kV (Um = 1,2 kV) and 3 kV (Um = 3,6 kV)  
Law No. 18.410:1985 of the Ministry of the Economy, Development and Reconstruction  G/TBT/N/CHL/568  
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  Supreme Decree No. 298 of 2005 of the Ministry of the Economy, Development and 
Reconstruction  
Resolución Exenta Nº 345 de fecha 20.07.2010, del Ministerio de Energía  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date  of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Under -Secretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.sec.cl/consulta -publica/  
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