G/TBT/N/CHL/658  
4 August  2023 
(23-5325) 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 Medio Ambiente , MMA (Ministry of the Environment)  
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 di fferent from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales , SUBREI - Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores  (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Thermal 
power pla nts 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Anteproyecto 
de la Norma de Emisión para Centrales Termoeléctricas, elaborado a partir de la revisión 
del Decreto Supremo Nº13, de 2011, del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente  (Preliminary  draft 
emission Standard for thermal power plants, prepared based on the review of Supreme 
Decree No. 13 of 2011 of the Ministry of the Environment) (19 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The purpose of the notified emission Standard is to cont rol air 
emissions of particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, mercury, nickel and 
vanadium, with a view to protecting human health and the environment.  
The emissions limits established under the notified Standard apply to power -generating 
units, consisting of boilers or turbines, with a thermal input greater than or equal to 50 
MWt (megawatts thermal, taking into account the maximum limit of the fuel's energy 
value) . Compliance with the maximum emission limits will be verified in  the effluent of 
the emitting source, which may come from one or more power -generating units.  
The notified emission Standard will apply across Chile.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human  health or safety ; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
- Ley N°19.300, sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente . G/TBT/N/CHL/658  
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  - Decreto Supremo N°38, de 2012, del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, que aprueba el 
Reglamento para la Dictación de Normas de Calidad Ambiental y de Emisión . 
- Res. Ex. N° 569, de 2023, del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, que aprueba anteproyecto 
de la norma de emisión para centrales termoeléctricas, elaborado a partir de la revisión 
del decreto supremo Nº13, de 2011, del  Ministerio del Medio Ambiente . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
División de Aspectos Regulatorios del Comercio  (Trade Regulations Division)  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones  Exteriores  
Teatinos 180, piso 11, Santiago  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://planesynormas.mma.gob.cl/archivos/2023/proyectos/RES._N__056 9_Aprueba_
NAteproyecto_de_NECT_y_lo_somete_a_consulta.pdf . 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/CHL/23_11502_00_s .pdf