WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.210
5 May 1999
(99-1830)
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 beindicated 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):  Diesel oil and aviation fuels
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Diesel Oil and Aviation
Fuels – Determination of Aromatics and Po lynuclear Aromatics – Supercritical Fluid
Chromatography Method (15 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:  This Standard prescribes a standardized method of determining the
mononuclear and polynuclear aromatics content of petroleum distillates used as fuel and
which can have an impact on the release of contaminants into the atmosphere.  Standard
ASTM D 5186, with which this Standard is identical, has been taken as a basis.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Safety
8. Relevant documents:  Chilean Standard NCh 2037–1999
9. Proposed date of adoption:  However long is needed for processing once the period of time
allowed for comments has elapsed.
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:  22 June 1999
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 22
Fax:  56-2-6974905Tel:  56-2-6988148
E-mail:  decoex@decoex.minecon.cl