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27 July 2020 
(20-5183) 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 Energía  (Ministry of Energy)  
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:  
Subse cretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  - 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) : Microwave 
ovens  
5. Title, number o f pages and language(s) of the notified document : Especificaciones 
Técnicas para el Diseño de la Etiqueta de Eficiencia Energética para Hornos Microondas 
(Technical specifications for the design of energy efficiency labels for microwave ovens) 
(10 pages, i n Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The aim of the technical specifications for the design of 
efficiency labels for microwave ovens is to provide consumers with information when they 
are selecting this type of appliance . In developing the proposal, inte rnational experiences, 
the existing energy efficiency label and the protocols in force in Chile were taken into 
account.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
The notified text is based on:  
• International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard No. 60705:2014 -06: 
Household microwave ovens - Methods for measuring performance  
• IEC Standard No. 62301:2011 -01: Household electrical appliances - 
Measurement of standby power  
• Argentine Institute for Standardization and Certification (IRAM) Standard No. 
62412:2014 : Etiquetado de eficiencia energética para hornos a microondas para 
uso doméstico  G/TBT/N/CHL/526  
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  9. Proposed date of ado ption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 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:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Undersecretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  de Chile  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.energia.gob.cl/mini -sitio/consultas -publicas  
https://m embers.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/CHL/20_4530_00_s.pdf  
 