G/TBT/N/CHL/471  
3 April 2019  
(19-2123) 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:  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores - Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas 
Internacionales (Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Directorate -General of International 
Economic Relations)  
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) : Panels - 
Wall segments  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Norma Chilena 
NCh 802:2017 Elementos de Construcción - Segmentos de muro - Ensayo de carga 
horizontal  (Chilean Standard NCh 802:2017 - Construction elements - Wall segments  - 
Horizontal load test) (14 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Standard establishes the test method for 
determining the behaviour and resistance of wall segments by submitting them to a 
horizontal load contained on the plane and a pplied to the top edge thereof . The edge 
conditions aim to determine behaviour in response to the cutting of the test piece . The 
Standard also establishes the test method for determining the behaviour and resistance 
of wall segments submitted to a horizontal load contained on the plane, where the edge 
conditions represent the behaviour of the structure, without considering the turning 
restriction of the test piece . Either of the test methods may be used, or they may be used 
in a complementary manner , depending on the data required for designing the wall 
segment . Note: The choice of one method over the other, or the use of both, shall be 
agreed jointly by the person ordering and the person conducting the test.  
7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Safety requirements  G/TBT/N/CHL/471  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• D.S. Nº 127/1977 Que Aprueba Nuevo Reglamento del Registro Nacional de 
Contratistas del Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo.  
• Resolución Exenta 1369/2016 Reglamenta aprobación de sistemas constructivos 
no tradicionales para los efectos de inscribir en el Registro Nacional de 
contratistas del Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo.  
• NCh 2827, Calibración y uso de xilohigrometros portátiles.  
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 Internacionales  (Directorate -General of 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 2827 5491  
Fax: (+56) 2 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl  
Chilean Standard available online at: https://www.inncoleccion.cl/  
Empresa  (Company) : DIRECON -022 
Usuario  (Username) : direcon  
Contraseña  (Password) : direcon