WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.571
23 November 1998
(98-4682)
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 Economic Affairs, 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 [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):  Floating piston cylinders for
obtaining samples of homogeneous hydrocarbon fluids.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Liquefied Petroleum
Gas - Obtaining Samples.  Part 2:  Floating Piston Cylinder Methods (9 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:  This Standard describes the equipment and establishes a procedure
for obtaining a sample of a homogeneous hydrocarbon fluid and the subsequent preparation
of the sample for laboratory analysis.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Safety
and adaptation to technical progress.
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:          
10. Final date for comments:  30 November 1998
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body: Department of Foreign Trade (DECOEX)
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Development and Reconstruction
Teatinos 120 piso 11 oficina 22
Fax:  56-2-6974905  Telephone:  56-2-6988148E-mail:  decoex@decoex.minecon.cl