G/TBT/N/CHL/422  
13 November 2017  
(17-6126) 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 : Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
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  (Directorate -General of 
International Economic Relations), 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) : Chemical 
substances and mixtures  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento de 
Clasificación, Etiquetado y Notificación de Sustancias Químicas y Mezclas  (Regulations on 
the classification, labelling and notification of chemical substances and mixtures) 
(158 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft regulations on the classification, labelling and 
notification of chemical substances and mixtures establish classification criteria and 
procedures and labelling, safety data sheet, and notification requirements for chemical 
substances and mixtures . The regulations implement the Globally Harmonized System of 
Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) with a view to informing the population 
about the dangers of chemical substances and  mixtures through common and effective 
hazard communication, while protecting human health and safety, preserving natural 
environmental conditions, and preventing misleading practices and any negative effects 
that could arise from the intrinsic hazard of c hemical substances.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health and the environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Decreto con Fuerza de Ley N° 725, de 1967, del Ministerio de Salud  (Decree -Law 
No. 725 of 1967 of the Ministry of Health)  
 Ley N° 19.300, sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente  (Law No. 19.300 
establishing general environmental principles)  
 Ley N° 20.417, que crea el Ministerio, el Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental y la 
Superinten dencia del Medio Ambiente  (Law No. 20.417 establishing the Ministry 
of the Environment, the Environmental Assessment Service and the 
Environmental Regulatory Authority)  G/TBT/N/CHL/422  
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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 [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Intern acionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 -22827 -5250 
Fax: (+56) 2 -22380 -9494 
http://web.minsal.cl/wp -content/uploads/2017/11/Propuesta -reglamento -GHS-consulta -
p%C3%BAblica.pdf   
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