G/TBT/N/CHL/281  
8 August 2014  
(14-4632)  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 [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): Evidential 
breath testing devices used to determine the presence and level of alcohol in the human body. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento que 
fija características técnicas y de uso para los instrumentos que realizan prueba respiratoria 
evidencial sobre presencia y dosificación de alcohol en el organismo humano  (Regulation 
establishing the technical and usage characteristics of evidential breath testing devices used to determine the presence and level of  alcohol in the human body) (20 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft technical regulation establishes the technical 
and usage characteristics of evidential breath testing devices that are used by the 
authorities to determine the presence and level of alcohol in the human body. 
The text also establishes certification requirements for such devices with a view to 
ensuring the accuracy of the tests carried ou t, and distinguishes between devices that are 
able to detect drink-driving and other types. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Human safety 
8. Relevant documents:  
International Recommendation R-126 of the International Organization of Legal Metrology: 
"Evidential breath analyzers"; 
Articles 111, 182 and 183 of Statutory Decree ( Decreto con Fuerza de Ley ) No. 1 of 2007 
of the Ministries of Transport and Telecomm unications and Justice, which establishes the 
revised, coordinated and consolidated text of Law No. 18.290 on transit. G/TBT/N/CHL/281 
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  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) 2 827-5491 
Fax: (+56) 2 380-9494 
Email: mailto:tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl  
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decreto-prueba-respiratoria-evidencial-290714.pdf  
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