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26 June 2019 
(19-4294) 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  (Ministry of Health)  
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 different from above:  
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  - Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores  (Directorate -General of 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) : Cosmetics  
5. Title, number of page s and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
modificación D.S Nº239/2002 del MINSAL, aprobatorio del Reglamento del Sistema 
Nacional de Control de Cosméticos, formulado con ocasión de los acuerdos de la Alianza 
del Pacifico y que introduce Buena s Practicas de Manufactura para la industria de 
productos cosméticos  (Draft amendment to Ministry of Health Supreme Decree No. 
239/2002, approving the Regulations of the National System for the Monitoring of 
Cosmetics, prepared in connection with the Pacif ic Alliance agreements and introducing 
good manufacturing practices for the cosmetics industry). (1 page, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft introduces the possibility of issuing good 
manufacturing practices for the cosmetics indust ry as a technical standard.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety ; Quality requirements.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• https://www.minsal.cl/wp -content/uploads/2019/06/Modificaci ón-DS-239-
Cosméticos.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 6 months from enactment  
Proposed date o f entry into force : 6 months from enactment  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/CHL/478  
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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:  
Departamento Regulatorio  (Regulations Department)  
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Directorate -General of 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 -2827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 -2380 9494  
Email: Tbt_Chile@direcon.gob.cl  
https://www.minsal.cl/consultas -publicas -vigentes/  
https://www.minsal.cl/wp -content/uploads/2019/06/Modificacio%CC%81n -DS-239-
Cosme%CC%81ticos.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CHL/19_3615_00_s.pdf  
 