. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHL/2
15 February 2001
(01-0748)
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 the Economy, Development and Reconstruction
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:           
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):   Petroleum Products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Petroleum Products –
Determination of Ramsbottom Carbon Residue  (21 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:    This Standard updates the test and analysis methods for the
determination of carbon residue in petroleum and petroleum-based lubricants and fuels, and
is intended to establish their carbon residue propensity.  International Standard ISO 4262:
1993 – Petroleum Products – Determination of  Carbon Residue, Ramsbottom method, has
not been taken into consideration, since Chilean laboratories are equipped for use with theASTM Standard.  This Standard is identical to ASTM Standard D 524 – 97, Standard test
method for Ramsbottom carbon residue of petroleum products.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To bring Standard up to date.
8. Relevant documents:   Chilean Standard NCh 1985-2000
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Time needed for relevant processing once the period for
comments has elapsed.
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:  30 April 2001G/TBT/N/CHL/2
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Departamento de Comercio Exterior, DECOEX
Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y ReconstrucciónTeatinos 120, piso 11, oficina 22
Tel.:  56-2-6988148
Fax:  56-2-6974905
E-mail:  decoex@minecon.cl