WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99/615
23 December 1999
(99-5576)
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):   Natural gas
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Natural Gas Analysis
by Gas Chromatography (47 pages, Spanish)
6. Description of content:   This Standard establishes a methodology for analysis by
chromatography to determine the amount of helium, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, methaneand other components of natural gas and to verify compliance with the specifications in
Chilean Standard NCh 2264 "Natural Gas – Specifications".  It is based on and identical to
Standard ASTM D 1945 of 1994 "Analysis of Natural Gas by Gas Chromatography".
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety
8. Relevant documents:   Chilean Standard NCh 2072-1999
9. Proposed date of adoption: Time needed to complete the relevant procedure after the
final date for comments has expired.
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:   12 February 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
Department of Foreign Trade DECOEX
Ministry of the Economy, Development and Reconstruction
Teatinos 120 piso 11 oficina 22Tel:  56-2-698-8148
Fax:  56-2-697-4905
e-mail:  decoex@minecon.cl