  
  
G/TBT/N/CHL/489  
25 July 2019  
(19-4926) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Salud ( MINSAL) - Subsecretaria de Salud Publica  
(Ministry of Health, Undersecretariat for Public Health)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regardi ng the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (SUBREI)  - Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores  (Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs)  
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) : Follow-on 
infant formula and formul a for infants over 12 months old  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Public 
consultation on updating Articles 494, 496 and 497 and incorporating new Articles 497ter, 
quater and quinquies on follow -on infant formula and form ula for infants over 12 months 
old (24 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The purpose of the present proposal is to update and harmonize 
the articles of the Food Health Regulations governing infant formula for the ages of 6 to 
12 months and to incorporate a regulatory framework for infant formula for infants over 
12 months old, in the context of national public nutrition and food policies.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information , labelling ; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
https://www.minsal.cl/wp -content/uploads/2019/07/RSA -propuesta -de-
modificacio%CC%81n -Formulas -Continuacio%CC%81n -y-mayores -de-12-meses.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/CHL/489  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  de Chile  (Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11 . Teléfono : (+56)-2- 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2- 2380 9494  
Email: Tbt_Chile@direcon.gob.cl  
http://web.minsal.cl/consultas -publicas-vigentes/  
https://www.minsal.cl/consultas -publicas -vigentes/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachment s/2019/TBT/CHL/19_4140_00_s.pdf  
 