Notification

	G/TBT/N/CHL/319
	20 August 2015
(15 4223)		Page: /
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 Vivienda y Urbanismo, MINVU (Ministry of Housing and Urban Development) 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: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
3.	Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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): Wood
5.	Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Actualización de normas contenidas en el D.S. N° 47 de 1992 - Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y Construcciones, y el D.S. N° 10 de 2002 - Crea Registro Oficial de Laboratorios de Control Técnico de Calidad de Construcción y aprueba Reglamento del Registro, relativas a maderas (Update of standards on wood contained in Supreme Decree (D.S.) No. 47 of 1992 - General Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction, and Supreme Decree (D.S.) No. 10 of 2002 establishing the Official Register of Laboratories for the Technical Control of Construction Quality, and approving the regulations governing registration)
6.	Description of content: The General Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction (OGUC) regulates the General Law on Urban Planning and Construction, and governs the administrative procedure, urban planning process, urbanization process, construction process, and technical standards for design and construction established by these two laws. In accordance with the above, the following standards developed by the National Institute of Standardization of Chile (INN) have been incorporated into the General Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction: NCh819:2012 - Madera preservada - Pino radiata - Clasificación según riesgo de deterioro en servicio de muestreo (Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 819:2012 - Treated wood - Radiata pine - Classification according to operational damage risk and sampling) NCh2148:2013 - Madera laminada encolada estructural - Requisitos métodos de muestreo e inspección (Official Chilean Standard (NCh) No. 2148:2013 - Glued laminated structural timber - Requirements, sampling methods and inspection)
7.	Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Safety
8.	Relevant documents: D.S. N° 47 de 1992 - Ordenanza General de Urbanismo y Construcciones (Supreme Decree (D.S.) No. 47 of 1992 - General Ordinance on Urban Planning and Construction) D.S. N° 10 de 2002 - Crea Registro Oficial de Laboratorios de Control Técnico de Calidad de Construcción y aprueba Reglamento del Registro (Supreme Decree (D.S.) No. 10 of 2002 establishing the Official Register of Laboratories for the Technical Control of Construction Quality, and approving the regulations governing registration)
9.	Proposed date of adoption: - Proposed date of entry into force: -
10.	Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification.
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 Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Teatinos 180, piso 11 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Notes: In order to access the aforementioned standards, first ensure that you have the latest version of Java, then go to https://www.inncoleccion.cl/ and enter the following data: Company: DIRECON-005 User: direcon Password: direcon Email: [e-mail]