  
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHL/41 
19 November 2004 
 (04-5020) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulat ed in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CHILE  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health 
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 [   ], 2.10.1 [  X ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:    
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable,  otherwise national tariff headin g.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Toys and children's 
articles 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendment to 
Ministry of Health Decree No. 158 of 2003 Prohibiting the Use of Toluene in Toys and 
Children's Articles  (2 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The most significant amendment is the acceptance as a residual 
impurity of a maximum toluene level for toys which may be distributed or sold in national 
territory of 170 mg. of toluene per kg. of toy material (170 parts per million (ppm)).  This 
Decree was issued with the utmost urgency on account of the problems raised by the 
implementation of Decree No. 158, which prohibited the production, import, distribution 
and sale of toys and children's articles containi ng toluene.  Decree No. 158 was notified in 
document G/TBT/N/CHL/36. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Health. 
8. Relevant documents:   Ministry of Health Decree No. 135  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   } - 
10. Final date for comments:   - G/TBT/N/CHL/41 
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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:    
 Departamento de Comercio Exterior, DECOEX 
 Ministerio de Economía y Energía 
 Teatinos 120, piso 11, oficina 22  Tel.: (+56-2) 473-3441  Fax: (+56-2) 473-3427 
 E-mail: decoex@economia.cl
 
 
 