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G/TBT/N/CHL/181 
12 October 2011 
 (11-4989) 
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 Tel.: (+56)-2-8275491 Fax: (+56)-2-3809494 
E-mail: mailto:tbt_chile@direcon.cl  
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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Heavy-duty motor 
vehicles 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Anteproyecto de la 
Norma de Emisión Aplicables a Vehículos Motorizados Pesados, establecida por el 
Decreto Supremo N° 55 de 1994 del Ministeri o de Transporte y Telecomunicaciones  
(Preliminary draft emission standards app licable to heavy-duty motor vehicles, as 
established by Supreme Decree No. 55 of 1994 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications) (2 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The notified text proposes establishing a schedule for the 
implementation of vehicle emission standa rds at national level (applicable to the 
metropolitan region, the continental territory of  the fifth region, the second to tenth regions, 
and the fifteenth region), with a view to harmonizing the metropolitan region's emission standards with those of the rest of the c ountry so as to ensure compliance with the 
maximum emission levels for carbon monoxi de (CO), total hydrocarbons (THC), 
non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM).  To this end, the text also establishes require ments relating to the use of diesel with an 
ultra-low sulphur content. G/TBT/N/CHL/181 
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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 emissi on limits for CO, THC, NMHC, NOx and PM 
in heavy-duty motor vehicles.  
8. Relevant documents:   Preliminary 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:   29 December 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 Tel.: (+56)-2-8275491 Fax: (+56)-2-3809494 E-mail: mailto:tbt_chile@direcon.cl ;  cvasquez@direcon.cl  
 
Text available at:  http://www.mma.gob.cl/1257/w3-article-51053.html  
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