G/TBT/N/CHL/610  
19 July 2022 
(22-5481) 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 Vivienda y Urbanismo , MINVU (Ministry of Housing and Urban Development)  
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:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales , SUBREI - Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores  (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Preserved 
timber  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Norma Chilena 
NCh819:2019 Madera preservada - Clasificación según riesgo de deterioro en servicio y 
muestreo  (Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 819:2019 : Preserved timber - Classification  
according to operational damage risk and sampling) (22 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Standard establishes the classification for risk of 
damage from attack by biological agents for timber of radiata pine and other coniferous 
or broadleaf species ; retention and penetration requirements for preservatives ; and 
sampling criteria . The Standard applies to timber of radiata pine and other coniferous or 
broadleaf species that is preserved through an industrial impregnation process . To include 
timber of other coniferous or broadleaf species preserved through an industrial 
impregnation process, the preserved timber must meet the retention and penetration 
requirements for the timber  impregnati on products that ensure its protection from 
harmful biological agents, for each category of risk, as indicated by the Standard.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Safety requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
Supreme Decree No. 47 of 1992 ( Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y Construcciones ) 
Decree No. 10 of 1 5 January 2 002 ( Crea Registro Oficial de Laboratorios de Control 
Técnico de Calidad de Construcción y Aprueba Reglamento del Registro ) of the Ministry 
of Housing and Urban Development  G/TBT/N/CHL/610  
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  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 availab le, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Under -Secretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5491  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
To view the notified Chilean Standard, go to https://www.inncoleccion.cl/  and enter the 
following detail s: 
Empresa  (Company) : SUBREI -0010 
Usuario  (Username) : subrei 
Contraseña  (Password) : subrei