G/TBT/N/CHL/463  
11 December 2018  
(18-7830) 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 Vivienda y Urbanismo  (Ministry of Housing and Urban 
Development)  
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  - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  (Directorate -General of International Economic Relations, 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) : Structural 
sections of  cold-formed carbon steel manufactured using profiling machines, with a L, U, 
C, Z or special shape, for use in construction (bolted, riveted and welded structures), and 
for general structural purposes.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the not ified document : NCh3576:2018, 
Acero - Perfil abierto estructural de acero al carbono conformado en frío - Requisitos  
(Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 3576:2018 : Steel - Open sections of cold -formed carbon 
steel - Requirements) (20 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Standard establishes the requirements to be met 
by structural sections of cold -formed carbon steel produced using profiling machines, with 
a L, U, C, Z or special shape, for use in construction (bolted, riveted and weld ed 
structures), and for general structural purposes.  
It applies to sections with a nominal wall thickness of more than 1.5 mm and less than 
25.4 mm.  
It does not apply to cold -formed sections manufactured through drawing, deep drawing 
or folding processes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
• NCh427/1 Construcción - Estructuras de acero - Parte 1 : Requisitos para el cálculo 
de estructuras de acero para edificios ; 
• NCh427/2 Construcción - Estructuras de acero - Parte 2 : Diseño de miembros 
estructurales de acero conformados en frío.  G/TBT/N/CHL/463  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months following publication  
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:  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 -22827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 -22380 9494  
Email: TBT_Chile@direcon.gob.cl  
Note: To view the above -mentioned Chilean Standard, go to 
https://www.inncoleccion.cl/  and enter the following data:  
Company : DIRECON -021 
Username : direcon  
Password : direcon