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Ref : EIC 414/2

7 January 2016

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 39/2016

Chile : Modifications of Test Protocol for Certain Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts

Further to Commercial Information Circulars No. 1108/2012 of 31 December 2012 and No. 884/2015 of 7 September 2015 regarding the test protocols for certification of certain electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps, the Chilean government issued Exempt Resolution No. 8378/2015 on 11 September 2015 to modify the test protocol PE No. 5/16 for certain fluoresecent lamp ballasts. A summary of the modifications is set out as follows:

  1. Ballasts with similar electrical / electronic circuit diagrams and distribution of components on the circuit board (PCB layout), same materials and / or components, etc. shall be considered as within the same class of ballasts.
  1. The most powerful model of the ballasts shall be used for the safety test on standard IEC 61347-2-3.
  1. Behaviorial test of the ballasts at the end of the lamp life as set out in Clause 17 of PE No. 5/16 shall be performed for all models within the same class of ballasts.
  1. Tests set out in Clause 11, 15 and 16 of PE No. 5/16 shall be performed by the most powerful model of the ballasts other than the one used for the safety tests.

2.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Chile and/or the above Chilean Exempt Resolution (in Spanish) at: http://www.leychile.cl/N?i=1081449&f=2015-09-11&p.

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Lydia CHAN)
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.