G/TBT/N/CHL/264 14 March 2014 (14-1628) Page: 1/2 Original: Spanish Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade NOTIFICATION The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 1. Notifying Member: CHILE If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo (Ministry of Housing and Urban Development) Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 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): Buildings 5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: "Requisitos y mecanismos de acreditación para el acondicionamiento ambiental de las edificaciones. Parte 3: Calidad del aire interior", en adelante NTM 011-03 (Technical Standard NTM 01103: "Requirements and certification mechanisms for the environmental conditioning of buildings. Part 3: Indoor air quality") (23 pages, in Spanish) 6. Description of content: The notified Standard establishes the characteristics and design and performance requirements to be met by building projects, with a view to ensuring indoor air quality for building users. 7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Air quality. 8. Relevant documents: Norma Técnica Minvu, NTM 011-03: "Requisitos y mecanismos de acreditación para el acondicionamiento ambiental de las edificaciones. Parte 3: Calidad del aire interior" (Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Technical Standard NTM 011-03: "Requirements and certification mechanisms for the environmental conditioning of buildings. Part 3: Indoor air quality") 9. Proposed date of adoption: Proposed date of entry into force: 10. Final date for comments: 12 May 2014 - G/TBT/N/CHL/264 -211. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body: Departamento Regulatorio Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Teatinos 180, piso 11, Santiago Tel.: (+56) 2 827-5491 Fax: (+56) 2 380-9494 Email: tbt_chile@direcon.gob.cl Text available at: http://www.minvu.cl/opensite_20101122145644.aspx http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/tbt/CHL/14_1322_00_s.pdf