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G/TBT/N/CHL/183 
3 November 2011 
 (11-5580) 
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 de Energía  (Ministry of Energy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:   Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 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):   Wood-fired heaters of 
a power not exceeding 25kW 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Protocolo de análisis 
y/o ensayos de eficiencia energética de productos de leña y otros dendroenergéticos, 
PC Nº200/1  (Energy efficiency analysis and/or test protocol for products which burn 
firewood and other wood fuels, Certification procedure (PC) No. 200/1) (4 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Protocol establishes the energy efficiency labelling 
certification procedure for heaters which burn firewood and other wood fuels, have 
a nominal power rating not exceeding 25kW and fall within the scope and coverage of 
Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 3173.Of2009 " Estufas que utilizan combustibles 
sólidos - Requisitos y métodos de ensayos " (Solid-fuel heaters - Requirements and test 
methods) and Supreme Decree (D.S.) No. NN/2011 of the Ministry of the Environment approving the " Norma de emisión de material particulado, para los artefactos que 
combustionen o que puedan combustionar  leña y derivados de la madera " (Particulate 
matter emission Standard for appliances which bur n or are able to burn firewood and wood 
by-products). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety 
8. Relevant documents:   Protocolo de análisis y/o ensayo s de eficiencia energética de 
productos de leña y otros dendroenergéticos, PC Nº200/1  (Energy efficiency analysis 
and/or test protocol for products which burn firewood and other wood fuels, Certification 
procedure (PC) No. 200/1). G/TBT/N/CHL/183 
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  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:   3 January 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and website addresses, if available, of 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  
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