G/TBT/N/CHL/368  
29 July 2016  
(16-4074)  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 Transportes y Telecomunicaciones  (Ministry of 
Transport and Telecommunications) 
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 [ ],  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): Lights for 
vehicles 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Decreto que establece requisitos normativos que deben cumplir las luces de los vehículos livianos. Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones, Subsecretaría de Transportes  
(Draft Decree establishing regulatory requirements to be met by lights for light vehicles. 
Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Transport) (2 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft text establishes the regulatory requirements to 
be met by lights used in the light passenger motor vehicles defined in Supreme Decree 
No. 211 of 1991 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Safety 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Law No. 18.059 
 Law No. 18.290 
 Decreto con fuerza de ley Nº 1, de 2007, de los Ministerios de Transportes y 
Telecomunicaciones y de Justicia  (Decree Law No. 1 of 2007 of the Ministry of 
Transport and Telecommunications and the Ministry of Justice) 
 Decreto Supremo N° 22, de 2006; del Ministerio de Transportes y 
Telecomunicaciones, Subsecretaría de Transportes  (Supreme Decree No. 22 of 2006 
of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Transport) 
 Regulation No 48 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations 
(UN/ECE) - Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Vehicles with Regard to the Installation of Lighting and Light-Signalling Devices 
 United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA), 49 CFR Part 571, Standard No. 108: Lamps, reflective G/TBT/N/CHL/368 
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  devices, and associated equipment 
 Resolução N° 227, de 9 Fevereiro de 2007, Conselho Nacional de trânsito 
(CONTRAN), estabelece requisitos referentes aos sistemas de iluminação e 
sinalização de veiculos  (Resolution No. 227 of 9 February 2007 of the National Traffic 
Council (CONTRAN) establishing requirements pertaining to vehicle lighting and signalling systems)  
9. Proposed date of adoption: Light passenger motor vehicles from 2019 onwards. 
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 [ ] 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  
http://www.mtt.gob.cl/wp-content/uplo ads/2014/03/DECRETO-FIJANDO-NORMAS-A-
LUCES-DIRECOM.pdf 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/CHL/16_3014_00_s.pdf