WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHL/37
30 July 2003
(03-4032)
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:   Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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):   Seismic isolation
systems
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Analysis and Design
of Seismically Isolated Buildings  (87 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This Standard establishes the analysis and design requirements for
buildings with seismic isolation devices. In the absence of an international standard, the
Uniform Building Code, two Chilean standards and technical information furnished by the
Seismic Design Committee were taken into consideration.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety
8. Relevant documents:   Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 2745-2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Time required for processing once theperiod for comments has elapsed.
10. Final date for comments:   15 October 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Department of Foreign Trade (DECOEX)
Ministry of the Economy and Energy
Teatinos 120, 11th floor, office 22
Tel.: (+56-2) 698-8148
Fax: (+56-2) 697-4905
E-mail: decoex@economia.cl