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ChileUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

Instruments and appliances used in medical – Chile

Official title

Actualiza Normas asociadas al régimen de control establecido en el artículo 111 del Código Sanitario, para agujas hipodérmicas estériles para un solo uso y jeringas, con las mismas condiciones, según indica (Updated standards on the health control system established in Article 111 of the Health Code for sterile, single-use, hypodermic needles and syringes, as indicated) (4 pages, in Spanish)

Chile issued an addendum on 13 October 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/CHL/666. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 14 December 2023. The comment period closed on 12 February 2024.

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At a glance

Products

Sterile hypodermic needles for single use and sterile hypodermic syringes for single use

HS codes
  • 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories
    • 90183 Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like:
Notifying member
Chile
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHL/666Latest notice: G/TBT/N/CHL/666/Add.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 12 February 2024
Proposed adoption
-
Proposed entry into force
-

How to comment

The comment period closed on 12 February 2024. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHL/666/Add.1; it can take them up with Chile.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/CHL/666/Add.1⁩, 13 October 2025)

Updated standards on the health control system established in Article 111 of the Health Code for sterile, single-use, hypodermic needles and syringes, as indicated

- __________ 1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.

The notified text updates the standards for sanitary control and verification of the conformity of hypodermic, sterile and single-use needles and syringes, as previously established in Ministry of Health Exempt Decree No. 1887 of 27 December 2007, issued for the incorporation into the control system established by Article 111 of the Sanitary Code and its implementing Regulations approved by Ministry of Health Decree No. 825 of 1998 of the medical devices indicated.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/CHL/666/Add.1

    Updated standards on the health control system established in Article 111 of the Health Code for sterile, single-use, hypodermic needles and syringes, as indicated

    - __________ 1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CHL/666

    Comment deadline: Closed on 12 February 2024

    Actualiza Normas asociadas al régimen de control establecido en el artículo 111 del Código Sanitario, para agujas hipodérmicas estériles para un solo uso y jeringas, con las mismas condiciones, según indica (Updated standards on the health control system established in Article 111 of the Health Code for sterile, single-use, hypodermic needles and syringes, as indicated) (4 pages, in Spanish)

    The notified text updates the standards for sanitary control and verification of the conformity of hypodermic, sterile and single-use needles and syringes, as previously established in Ministry of Health Exempt Decree No. 1887 of 27 December 2007, issued for the incorporation into the control system established by Article 111 of the Sanitary Code and its implementing Regulations approved by Ministry of Health Decree No. 825 of 1998 of the medical devices indicated.

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Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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