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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CHL/212 
27 July 2012 
 (12-4108) 
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 Transporte  (Ministry of Transport) 
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):   Buses providing 
intercity public or private passenger transport services. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Decreto 
que dispone sistemas y dispositivos de segur idad que deben cumplir los buses destinados a 
prestar servicios interurbanos de tr ansporte público y privado de pasajeros  (Draft Decree 
establishing safety systems and mechanisms fo r buses that provide in tercity public or 
private passenger transport services) (3 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Decree establishes that buses providing 
intercity public or private passenger transport services (i.e. those services defined in 
Ministry of Transport and Telecommunica tions Supreme Decrees No. 212 of 1992 and 
No. 80 of 2004 respectively) for which first-time entry in the Motor Vehicle Register (RVM) of the Civil Registry Service is sought 12 months after the Decree's publication in 
the Official Journal, must be equipped with the following safety systems or mechanisms: 
(a) Anti-lock braking system (ABS); 
(b) Electronic stability programme (ESP); 
(c) Automatic fire detection and suppression system; (d) Adaptive cruise control (ACC). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety G/TBT/N/CHL/212 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Proyecto de Decreto que dispone  sistemas y dispositivos de 
seguridad que deben cumplir los buses desti nados a prestar servicios interurbanos de 
transporte público y privado de pasajeros  (Draft Decree establishing safety systems and 
mechanisms for buses that provide intercity pu blic or private passenger transport services). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }The corresponding decree will be issued once 
the time required for analysing comments has elapsed. 
10. Final date for comments:   27 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 Tel.: (+56) 2 827-5491 Fax: (+56) 2 380-9494 
E-mail: mailto:tbt_chile@direcon.cl  
Text available at: 
http://www.reglamentostecnicos.cl/OtroDocumento/Contenido/104 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/CHL/12_2908_00_s.pdf