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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CHL/211 
25 July 2012 
 (12-4075) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail 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 [ ], 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):   Controlled products for 
marketing or industrial use which are harmful to the ozone layer. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Normativa técnica 
que regula el contenido, forma, dimensi ones y demás características del aviso de 
advertencia que debe exhibir el produc to controlado comercializado o utilizado 
industrialmente que deteriora la capa de ozono (Technical Regulation regulating the 
content, shape, size and other characteristics of  the warning notice required to be displayed 
on controlled products for marke ting or industrial use which are harmful to the ozone layer) 
(4 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to 
be met by the warning on the labels of and advertising for c ontrolled products for 
marketing or industrial use in Chile which are not prohibited under Law No. 20.096.  "Controlled product" means any equipment or mate rial (new or used) listed in Annex D to 
the Montreal Protocol and containing the oz one-depleting substances listed in Annexes A, 
B, C and E to this Protocol. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and of ecosystem s affected by ultra-violet radiation. 
8. Relevant documents:   Technical Regulation regulating the content, shape, size and other 
characteristics of the warning notice required to be displayed on controlled products for 
marketing or industrial use which are harmful to the ozone layer. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }The corresponding resolution will be issued 
once the time required for analysing comments 
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  10. Final date for comments:   23 September 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
Departamento de Acceso a Mercados 
Dirección General de Relacion es Económicas Internacionales 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores 
Teatinos 180, piso 11, Santiago Tel.: (+56) 2 827-5491 Fax: (+56) 2 380-9494 E-mail: tbt_chile@direcon.cl  
Text available online at: 
http://www.reglamentostecnicos.cl/OtroDocumento/Contenido/103 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/CHL/12_2849_00_s.pdf