. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/218
5 May 2000
(00-1839)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CHILE
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of the Economy, Development and Reconstruction
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
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):   Gasoline
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Gasoline –
Determination of MTBE, ETBE, TAME, DIPE , Methanol, Ethanol and Ter-butanol by
Infra-Red Spectroscopy (14 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   This Standard aims to establish an alternative testing method for
the determination of oxygenate fuels, which are important in their use in fuels for vehicles
and in their possible impact on environmental pollution.  This Standard is based on and in
fact identical to Standard ASTM D 5845:  1995, "Standard Test Method of MTBE, ETBE,TAME, DIPE, Methanol, Ethanol, and Ter-butanol in Gasoline by Infra-Red Spectroscopy".
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Safety
8. Relevant documents:   Chilean Standard NCh 2468-2000
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The time necessary for the relevant processing once the final
date for comments has passed.
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:   30 June 2000G/TBT/Notif.00/218
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
Departamento de Comercio Exterior
DECOEXMinisterio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción
Teatinos 120, piso 11, oficina 22
Fax:  56-2-6974905
Telephone:  56-2-6988148
E-mail:  decoex@minecon.cl