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8 June 2021 
(21-4668) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 Economía (Ministry of the Economy)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if differen t from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, SUBREI  - Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores de Chile (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
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) : Structural 
timber for construction  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Aprueba 
Reglamento que establece requisitos de rotulación de la madera estructural para 
construcción  (Approval of the Regulation establishing labelling requirements for structural 
timber for construction) (6 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Regulation establishes the minimum labelling 
requirements to be met by structural timber for construction marketed to consumers 
within the national territory.  
7. Objective an d rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Ley No 19.496, sobre Protección de los Derechos de los Consumidores . 
• D.F.L N° 458, de 1976, Ley General de Urbanismo y Construcciones y sus 
modificaciones . 
• Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y Construcciones, aprobada por D.S . N° 47, 
(V. y U.), de 1992 , and amendments thereto.  
9. Proposed date of adoption - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - G/TBT/N/CHL/357/Rev.1  
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  10. Final date for comments : 30 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
División de Aspectos Regulatorios del Comercio  (Trade Regulations Division)  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_Chile@subrei.gob.cl  
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