G/TBT/N/CHL/435  
19 January  2018 
(18-0509) 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 Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
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  (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 [ ], 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) : Food 
5. Title, number of pages and  language(s) of the notified document : Propuesta de 
Modificación del Párrafo II "De la Rotulación y Publicidad" para la regulación de los 
mensajes saludables o funcionales en alimentos, Decreto Supremo 977/96 del Ministerio 
de Salud (Proposed amendments to  paragraph II "Labelling and advertising" for the 
regulation of healthy and functional messages on food) (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified proposed amendments to the Food Health 
Regulations introduce a regulatory framework tha t takes into account the protection of the 
public through the use of messages which promote the consumption of certain foods and 
which are related to the benefits of foods and their composition for an individual's health.  
Some messages or descriptions on f ood, which are referred to as "functional", are not 
covered entirely by one regulation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information  
8. Relevant documents : Propuesta de Modificación de los Art ículos 106, 114, 115 y 116 del 
Reglamento Sanitario de los Alimentos, Decreto Supremo N° 977/96 del Ministerio de 
Salud  (Proposed amendments to Articles 106, 114, 115 and 116 of the Food Health 
Regulations, Supreme Decree No. 977/96 of the Ministry of Heal th)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification.  G/TBT/N/CHL/435  
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  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 -2827-5250 
Fax: (+56) 2 -2380-9494 
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