G/TBT/N/CHL/316  
20 August 2015  
(15-4218)  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): Escalators, 
moving walkways and lifts 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Normas 
contenidas en el marco de la Ley N° 20296 que establece las disposiciones para la instalación, mantención e inspección periódica de los ascensores y otras instalaciones 
similares, que complementa el D.S. N° 47 de 1992 - Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y 
Construcciones, relativas a escaleras mecánicas, rampas móviles y ascensores (Standards 
on escalators, moving walkways and lifts,  contained in Law No. 20296 establishing 
provisions for the installation, maintenance and periodic inspection of lifts and other similar 
types of machinery, which supplements Supreme Decree (D.S.) No. 47 of 1992 - General Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction)  
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. NCh3344/1:2013 - Seguridad de escaleras mecánicas y rampas móviles - Parte 1: 
Construcción e instalación  (Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 3344/1:2013 - 
Safety of escalators and moving walkways - Part 1: Construction and installation) 
2. NCh3344/2:2013 - Seguridad de escaleras mecánicas y rampas móviles - Parte 2: 
Reglas para la mejora de la seguridad de las escaleras mecánicas y de las rampas 
móviles existentes  (Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 3344/2:2013: Safety of 
escalators and moving walkways - Part 2: Rules for improving the safety of existing escalators and moving walkways) 
3. NCh3362:2014 - Requisitos mínimos de diseño, instalación y operación para 
ascensores electromecánicos frente a sismos (Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 
3362:2014 - Minimum requirements for the design, installation and operation of G/TBT/N/CHL/316 
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  electromechanical lifts, with a view to ensuring that they do not pose a risk to 
humans in the event of an earthquake) 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Safety 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Ley N° 20296 que establece las disposiciones para la instalación, mantención e 
inspección periódica de los ascensores y otras instalaciones similares (Law No. 
20296 establishing provisions for the installation, maintenance and periodic inspection of lifts and other similar types of machinery) 
 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) 
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