WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/387
3 October 2000
(00-4009)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CHILE
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of the Economy, Development and Reconstruction
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Stationary welded steel
tanks for storage of liquefied petroleum gas
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Liquefied Petroleum
Gas.  Stationary Welded Steel Tanks for LPG Storage – Tanks with a Capacity of Less than500 dm
3 – General Design and Manufacturing Requirements (23 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   This standard lays down the general requirements for the design
and manufacture of stationary welded steel ta nks for the storage of liquefied petroleum gas
with a capacity of less than 500 dm3.  As there is no international standard, this standard is
based on, and in fact identical, with minor deviations resulting from the transfer of the
calculation methods to an annex, to those contained in the ASME Code, Section I,
Division 1 and Section IX, Unfired Pressure Ve ssels, published by the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety
8. Relevant documents:   Chilean Standard NCh 2476-2000
9. Proposed date of adoption: Time needed for processing once the final date for comments
has elapsed
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:   10 November 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
Departamento de Comercio Exterior, DECOEX
Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción
Teatinos 120, piso 11, oficina 22
Tel:  56-2-6988148
Fax:  56-2-6974905E-mail:  decoex@minecon.cl