G/TBT/N/CHL/576  
4 October  2021 
(21-7406) 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  (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 different f rom above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores de Chile (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
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) : Packaging  
is taken to mean : 1. P roducts used to hold, protect, handle, ease the consumption  of, 
store, preserve, transport or improve the presentation of goods ; 2. A uxiliary components 
that are integrated into or attached to the products listed in point 1, when these 
components also perform  some of the listed functions ; and 3. Auxiliary components that 
are integrated into or attached to the products listed in point 1, when these components 
perform the function of informing the consumer . In order for a product fulfilling the 
characteristics d escribed in points 1, 2 and 3 not to be considered packaging for the 
purpose s of Supreme Decree No. 12/2020, it must be explicitly categorized as " non-
packaging" in section a.2) of this Resolution , or else  will be considered as packaging.  
5. Title, number  of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Propuesta de 
Resolución que Identifica los Productos que Constituyen Envases, indicando, además, a 
qué categoría corresponden, de Conformidad con lo dispuesto en el Decreto Supremo Nº 
12, de 2020, del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, que Establece Metas de Recolección y 
Valorización y Otras Obligaciones Asociadas de Envases y Embalajes  (Draft Resolution 
identifying the products that constitute packaging and specifying their respective 
categories, in accor dance with the provisions of Supreme Decree No. 12 of 2020 of the 
Ministry of the Environment establishing collection and recovery targets and other 
obligations relating to packaging and wrapping) (29 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The noti fied draft Resolution identifies the products that 
constitute packaging and specifies their respective categories, in accordance with the 
provisions of Supreme Decree No. 12 of 2020 of the Ministry of the Environment 
establishing collection and recovery ta rgets and other obligations relating to packaging 
and wrapping.  
The Resolution will determine which products are to meet the targets and other 
obligations for packaging for domestic use and which products are to meet the targets 
and other obligations for p ackaging for non -domestic use . The first part  of the Resolution 
sets out the criteria that determine whether a product is considered packaging, and G/TBT/N/CHL/576  
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  includes a list of examples . The second part  sets out the criteria that determine whether  
packaging falls in to the domestic category or the non-domestic  category , and includes an 
analysis of these criteria . Where it is not possible to determine whether packaging is 
domestic or non -domestic according to these criteria, a list has been drawn up of 
packaging items that will be considered domestic or non -domestic.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
- Decreto Supremo Nº 12, de 2020, del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente  
- Ley N° 20.920, Marco para la Gestión de Residuos,  que establece metas de recolección 
y valorización y otras obligaciones asociadas de envases y embalajes  
- Ley N° 18.575, Orgánica Constitucional de Bases Generales de la Administración del 
Estado  
- Decreto con Fuerza de Ley N° 1/19.653, de 2000, del Ministerio Secretaría General de 
la Presidencia  
- Resolución Exenta N° 249, del 20 de marzo de 2020, del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente -
Subsecretaría del Medio Ambiente, que instruye medidas extraordina rias de visación de 
documentos del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente -Subsecretaría del Medio Ambiente a raíz 
de la alerta sanitaria por emergencia de salud pública de importancia internacional (ESPII) 
por brote de coronavirus (COVID -19) 
- Resolución Nº 7, de 2 019, de la Contraloría General de la República, que fija normas 
sobre exención de trámite de toma de razón  
- Ley Nº 19.300, sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambient e  
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 [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaria de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2- 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2- 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
 
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