G/TBT/N/CHL/466  
13 March 2019  
(19-1534) 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 : Comisión Nacional de Energía , CNE (National Energy Commission)  
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  - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  (Directorate -General of International Economic Relations, 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) : Units for 
measuring electricity  consumption ; smart metres ; systems for communicating, handling 
and managing information related to smart measurement in distribution networks or in 
the networks of enterprises with facilities for distributing electrical energy that use 
national public pro perty 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Anexo Técnico 
Sistemas de Medición, Monitoreo y Control  (Technical Annex : Measurement, Monitoring 
and Control Systems). (65 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Annex sets forth the minimum technical 
requirements for ensuring a certain level of quality, security, scalability and 
interoperability for the Measurement, Monitoring and Control Systems (SMMCs) that must  
be implemented by distributors in accordance with  the Technical Standard on Quality of 
Service for Distribution Systems and other applicable regulations.  
The requirements set forth in the Technical Annex are applicable to distributors and to all 
equipment, systems and, generally, any co mponent or element of an SMMC . The 
requirements also apply to all measurements, data and information obtained by SMMCs 
and to the various functions the systems must be capable of.  
In particular, the requirements set forth in the Technical Annex are applica ble to:  
(a) The architecture and components of SMMCs.  
(b) Measurements of energy and power consumption and/or injection by the clients 
and/or users that must join an SMMC under existing regulations.  
(c) Measurements of energy and/or power made in a distribution network to monitor 
product quality achieved through SMMCs, in accordance with the Technical 
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  (d) The various functions of the SMMCs, in parti cular alarms and the SMMC events they 
register and/or generate and client and/or user remote commands to connect, 
disconnect and limit power consumption and/or injection.  
(e) The privacy and security of measurements, data and information.  
7. Objective and  rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The Technical Annex sets forth minimum technical requirements for ensuring 
a certain level of quality, security, scalability and interoperability for Measurement, 
Monitoring and Control Systems (advanced metering infrastructure) ; Other 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Decreto con Fuerza de Ley Nº 4, de 2006, del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y 
Reconstrucción, que fija el texto refundido, coordinado y sistematizado del decreto 
con fuerza de ley  N°1, de 1982, del Ministerio de Minería, modificado por la ley 
N°20.936 . 
- Decreto Supremo Nº 11, de 2017, del Ministerio de Energía, que Aprueba 
Reglamento para la dictación de normas técnicas que rijan los aspectos técnicos, 
de seguridad, coordinación, calidad, información y económicos del funcionamiento 
del sector eléctrico . 
- Resolución Exenta Nº 706, de 7 de diciembre de 2017, de la Comisión Nacional de 
Energía, que fija "Norma Técnica de Calidad de Servicio para Sistemas de 
Distribución" . 
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:  
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 -22827  5250 
Fax: (+56) 2 -22380 9494  
https://www.cne.cl/normativas/electrica/consulta -publica/  
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