G/TBT/N/CHL/317  
20 August 2015  
(15-4219)  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 governme nt 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 telephon e 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: Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores  (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): Liveability 
of buildings 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Actualización de 
normas contenidas en el D.S. N° 47 de  1992 - Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y 
Construcciones, y el D.S. N° 10 de 2002 - Crea Registro Oficial de Laboratorios de Control 
Técnico de Calidad de Construcción y aprueb a Reglamento del Registro, relativas a la 
evaluación de la habitabilidad de las construcciones (Update of standards on building 
liveability assessments, contained in Supreme Decree (D.S.) No. 47 of 1992 - General 
Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction, and Supreme Decree (D.S.) No. 10 of 
2002 establishing the Official Register of Laboratories for the Technical Control of Construction Quality, and approving the regulations governing registration)  
6. Description of content: The General Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction 
(OGUC) regulates the General Law on Urban Planning and Construction, and governs the 
administrative procedure, urban planning process, urbanization process, construction 
process, and technical standards for design and construction established by these two laws. 
In accordance with the above, the following standards developed by the National Institute 
of Standardization of Chile (INN) have been incorporated into the General Ordinance on 
Urban Planning and Construction: 
1. NCh2457:2014 - Prestaciones higrotérmicas de los productos y materiales para 
edificios - Determinación de las propiedades de transmisión de vapor de agua  
(Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 2457:2014 - Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products - Determination of water vapour transmission 
properties) 
2. NCh3296:2013 - Puertas y ventanas - Permeabilidad al aire - Clasificación (Official 
Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 3296:2013 - Doors and windows - Air permeability - Classification) 
3. NCh3297:2013 - Puertas y ventanas - Permeabilidad al aire - Método de ensayo 
(Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 3297:2013 - Doors and windows - Air G/TBT/N/CHL/317 
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  permeability - Test method) 
4. NCh3304:2014 - Impermeabilización - Láminas bituminosas, plásticas y de caucho 
para la impermeabilización de cubiertas - Determinación de la estanqueidad al agua 
(Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 3304:2014 - Water proofing - Bitumen, plastic and rubber sheets for roof water proofing - Determination of water tightness) 
5. NCh3294:2013 - Materiales de construcción- Determinación de la permeabilidad al 
a i r e  d e  l o s  m a t e r i a l e s  -  M é t o d o  d e  e n s a y o  (Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 
3294:2013 - Building materials - Determination of the air permeance of building materials - Test method) 
6. NCh935/3:2013 - Prevención de incendio en ed ificios- Ensayo de resistencia al fuego 
- Parte 3: Sistemas de sello de penetraciones  (Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 
935/3:2013 - Fire safety in buildings - Fire resistance test - Part 3: Penetration seal 
systems) 
7. NCh2251:2010 - Aislación térmica - Requisitos de rotulación de materiales aislantes  
(Official Chilean Standard (NCh) 2251:2 010 - Thermal insulation - Labelling 
requirements of insulating materials) 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Safety 
8. Relevant documents:  
 D.S. N° 47 de 1992 - Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y Construcciones 
(Supreme Decree (D.S.) No. 47 of 1992 - General Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction) 
 D.S. N° 10 de 2002 - Crea Registro Oficial de Laboratorios de Control Técnico de 
Calidad de Construcción y aprueba Reglamento del Registro  (Supreme Decree 
(D.S.) No. 10 of 2002 establishing the Official Register of Laboratories for the Technical Control of Construction Quality, and approving the regulations governing 
registration) 
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 [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Departamento Regulatorio 
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores 
Teatinos 180, piso 11 Tel.: (+56)-2-22827 5491 
Fax: (+56)-2-22380 9494 
Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl  
Notes: In order to access the aforementioned standards, first ensure that you have the 
latest version of Java, then go to https://www.inncoleccion.cl/  and enter the following 
data: 
Company: DIRECON-005 
User: direcon 
Password: direcon 
Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl