WTO notification · TBT
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Official title
Propuesta de Modificación del Decreto N°231 de 2000, del Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones, Subsecretaría de Transportes (Draft amendment to Decree No. 231 of 2000 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Transport) (5 pages, in Spanish)
Chile issued an addendum on 6 August 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/CHL/700. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 30 August 2024. The comment period closed on 29 October 2024.
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Protective helmets to be worn by all riders and passengers of motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, three- or four-wheeled off-road motorcycles and other similar motorized two- or three-wheeled vehicles
The comment period closed on 29 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/700/Add.2; it can take them up with Chile.
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Draft amendment to Decree No. 231 of 2000 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Transport
-__________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.
It has been deemed necessary to amend Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications Decree No. 231 of 2000 establishing an obligation for riders and passengers of certain vehicles to wear a helmet, in order to: 1. Update the regulations (eliminating the Japanese regulation and updating the European regulation to 'Regulation No. 22 - Rev. 5 - 06 series of amendment'); 2. Remove the reference to lot numbers; 3. Stipulate that accreditation must be based on documentation in compliance with the regulations in force at the time of application; 4. Lay down an obligation to submit factory plans, when these are not included in the background information to be presented; 5. Require the submission of a test report and factory background information alongside the international certification, when accreditation is based on the United Nations Regulation; G/TBT/N/CHL/700 - 2 - 6. Establish minimum requirements for the content of the instruction manual and provide for the publication of the manual on the website of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications; 7. Set out an obligation to certify the service life of the helmet by means of a document issued by the helmet manufacturer; 8. Require re-accreditation in cases where accreditation was granted five or more years previously.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/CHL/700/Add.2
Draft amendment to Decree No. 231 of 2000 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Transport
-__________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.
AddendumG/TBT/N/CHL/700/Add.1
Draft amendment to Decree No. 231 of 2000 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Transport
__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final measure/change to the measure/interpretative guidance can be obtained.
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CHL/700
Comment deadline: Closed on 29 October 2024
Propuesta de Modificación del Decreto N°231 de 2000, del Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones, Subsecretaría de Transportes (Draft amendment to Decree No. 231 of 2000 of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Transport) (5 pages, in Spanish)
It has been deemed necessary to amend Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications Decree No. 231 of 2000 establishing an obligation for riders and passengers of certain vehicles to wear a helmet, in order to: 1. Update the regulations (eliminating the Japanese regulation and updating the European regulation to 'Regulation No. 22 - Rev. 5 - 06 series of amendment'); 2. Remove the reference to lot numbers; 3. Stipulate that accreditation must be based on documentation in compliance with the regulations in force at the time of application; 4. Lay down an obligation to submit factory plans, when these are not included in the background information to be presented; 5. Require the submission of a test report and factory background information alongside the international certification, when accreditation is based on the United Nations Regulation; G/TBT/N/CHL/700 - 2 - 6. Establish minimum requirements for the content of the instruction manual and provide for the publication of the manual on the website of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications; 7. Set out an obligation to certify the service life of the helmet by means of a document issued by the helmet manufacturer; 8. Require re-accreditation in cases where accreditation was granted five or more years previously.
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