G/TBT/N/CHL/319  
20 August 2015  
(15-4223)  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): Wood 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Actualización de 
normas contenidas en el D.S. N° 47 de  1992 - Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y 
Construcciones, y el D.S. N° 10 de 2002 - Crea Registro Oficial de Laboratorios de Control Técnico de Calidad de Construcción y apru eba Reglamento del Registro, relativas a 
maderas (Update of standards on wood contained in Supreme Decree (D.S.) No. 47 of 
1992 - General Ordinance on Urban Planning  and Construction, and Supreme Decree 
(D.S.) No. 10 of 2002 establishing the Official Register of Laboratories for the Technical 
Control of Construction Quality, and approv ing the regulations governing registration) 
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. NCh819:2012 - Madera preservada - Pino radiata - Clasificación según riesgo de 
deterioro en servicio de muestreo (Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 819:2012 - 
Treated wood - Radiata pine - Classification according to operational damage risk 
and sampling) 
2. NCh2148:2013 - Madera laminada encolada estructural - Requisitos métodos de 
muestreo e inspección (Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 2148:2013 - Glued 
laminated structural timber - Requirements, sampling methods and inspection) 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Safety G/TBT/N/CHL/319 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 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) 
 D.S. N° 10 de 2002 - Crea Registro Oficial de Laboratorios de Control Técnico de 
Calidad de Construcción y aprueba Reglamento del Registro  (Supreme Decree 
(D.S.) No. 10 of 2002 establishing the Official Register of Laboratories for the 
Technical Control of Construction Quality, and approving the regulations governing registration) 
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