WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHL/24
1 November 2001
(01-5383)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish
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:   National Environment Commission
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministry of the
Economy
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):   Buses
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Revision of the
Plan for the Prevention and Reduction of Pollution in the Metropolitan Region (33 pages, in
Spanish)
6. Description of content:   This draft establishes the maximum permitted emission levels of
CO, HC, NOx, and MP from buses of the offi cial public transport system:  EPA 98 and
EURO III Standards.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The reduction of polluting emissions in an area declared saturated with air pollution.
8. Relevant documents:   Draft Revision of the Plan for the Prevention and Reduction of
Pollution in the Metropolitan Region
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Publication in the Official Journal of Chile of the Draft
Revision.
Proposed date of entry into force:  September 2002
10. Final date for comments:   20 December 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Website of the National Environment Commission:  http://www.santiagolimpio.cl
Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Dirección:  Región Metropolitana, Valentín
Letelier 13, Santiago Centro, Santiago de  Chile;  Tel:  56-2-6713052;  fax:  56-2-6717597