. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CHL/175 
27 June 2011 
 (11-3142) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 del Medio Ambiente  (Ministry of the Environment) 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail 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  (General Directorate for 
International Economic Affairs) Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
Teatinos 180, piso 11, Santiago Tel.: (+56) 2-827-5491 Fax: (+56) 2-380-9494 
E-mail: tbt_chile@direcon.cl  
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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Light and medium-sized 
Otto-engine vehicles on the road 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Anteproyecto de 
Revisión de la Norma de Emisión de NO (m onóxido de nitrógeno), HC (hidrocarburos) y 
CO (monóxido de carbono) para el Control de NOx (óxidos de nitrógeno) en vehículos en 
uso, de encendido por chispa (ciclo Otto), establecida por el Decreto Supremo N° 149 de 2006 del Ministerio de Transporte y Telecomunicaciones (Proposed draft revision of the 
Standard on emissions of NO  (nitric oxide), HC (hydro carbons) and CO (carbon monoxide) 
with a view to controlling NOx (oxides of nitr ogen) in spark-ignition (Otto-cycle) vehicles 
on the road, as established by Supreme Decree No. 149 of 2006 of the Ministry of 
Transport and Telecommunications) (11 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified proposed draft revised standard establishes a 
two-phase implementation schedule for the requirements to be met by vehicles in the 
Metropolitan Region.  The maximum permissible pollutant emission levels in this Region 
are to be reduced to intermediate levels be tween the start-up standards and final standards 
recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the first phase and then to levels corresponding to the final st andards during the second implementation phase, 
the implementation date for which will be rela ted to the availability of the appropriate 
technical resources.  Pollutant emission levels  remain unchanged for the other regions of 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To protect the environment. 
To control the maximum permissible emission limits for NO, HC and CO in light and 
medium-sized Otto-engine vehicles on the road  by means of Acceleration Simulation Mode 
(ASM) test procedures. 
8. Relevant documents:   Proposed draft standard 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }The corresponding decree will be issued once 
the time required for analysing comments has 
elapsed 
10. Final date for comments:   11 July 2011 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Departamento de Acceso a Mercados 
Dirección General de Relacion es Económicas Internacionales 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Teatinos 180, piso 11, Santiago Tel.: (+56) 2-827-5491 Fax: (+56) 2-380-9494 
E-mail: tbt_chile@direcon.cl  and cvasquez@direcon.cl  
 
Text available at:  http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/chl/10_3094_00_s.pdf  
http://epacplanesnormas.mma.gob.cl/  and 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/CHL/11_1945_00_s.pdf