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Technical report for updating the minimum energy efficiency standard for household refrigerators (Informe técnico para la actualización del estándar mínimo de eficiencia energética de refrigeradores domésticos) (33 pages, in Spanish)
Informe técnico para la actualización del estándar mínimo de eficiencia energética de refrigeradores domésticos (Technical report for updating the minimum energy efficiency standard for household refrigerators) (33 pages, in Spanish)
Chile issued an addendum on 14 October 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/CHL/698. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 26 August 2024. The comment period closed on 25 October 2024.
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Refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and freezers for household use
The comment period closed on 25 October 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/698/Add.1; it can take them up with Chile.
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Technical report for updating the minimum energy efficiency standard for household refrigerators
- __________ 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 minimum energy efficiency standard for refrigerators is in force and corresponds to that established in Resolution No. 74 of 2014 of the Ministry of Energy, on the basis of the limits established on the 2007 energy efficiency label for refrigerators. As a result of the updating of the test protocols and of the limits on the energy efficiency label, in line with international procedures, there is a need to update the limits of the energy efficiency standard for household refrigerators.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/CHL/698/Add.1
Technical report for updating the minimum energy efficiency standard for household refrigerators
- __________ 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.
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CHL/698
Comment deadline: Closed on 25 October 2024
Technical report for updating the minimum energy efficiency standard for household refrigerators (Informe técnico para la actualización del estándar mínimo de eficiencia energética de refrigeradores domésticos) (33 pages, in Spanish)
Informe técnico para la actualización del estándar mínimo de eficiencia energética de refrigeradores domésticos (Technical report for updating the minimum energy efficiency standard for household refrigerators) (33 pages, in Spanish)
The minimum energy efficiency standard for refrigerators is in force and corresponds to that established in Resolution No. 74 of 2014 of the Ministry of Energy, on the basis of the limits established on the 2007 energy efficiency label for refrigerators. As a result of the updating of the test protocols and of the limits on the energy efficiency label, in line with international procedures, there is a need to update the limits of the energy efficiency standard for household refrigerators.
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