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Ref : EIC 414/2

7 February 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 116/2014

Chile : Test Protocols for the Certification of Certain Electrical Energy Metres, Fuel Products and Heaters

The Chilean government issued Exempt Resolutions No. 1981/2013 and No. 2158/2013 in November and December 2013 respectively to approve the test protocols for the certification of certain electrical energy metres and outdoor fuel products. A summary of the test protocols is set out as follows:

Item Test Protocol Product
Effective Date
(a) PC No. 4/10 Class 1 and 2, single-phase or three phase bi-directional electrical energy metres 1 January 2014
(b) PC No. 47/1 certain portable outdoor fuel products that use non-refillable containers of combustible gases, namely cooking appliances (stoves, grills, barbecues, etc.), lighting devices, heating appliances and welding apparatus (without a flexible hose) 1 August 2014

2.The Chilean government also issued Exempt Resolution No. 1851/2013 on 20 November 2013 to modify Exempt Resolution No. 1393/2012 of 13 August 2012. It authorises for 12 months conformity certification bodies and laboratories to certify safety, energy efficiency and particulate matter emission test protocols for heaters fuelled by firewood if the application is submitted by 19 November 2014.

3.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Chile and/or the above Chilean Exempt Resolutions (in Spanish), which are available at:

Exempt Resolution No. 1981/2013 (relevant to item 1(a) above):
http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1056444

Exempt Resolution No. 2158/2013 (relevant to item 1(b) above):
http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1056997

Exempt Resolution No. 1851/2013 (relevant to paragraph 2 above):
http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1056443.

ENQUIRIES

4.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry



Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.