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The notified document, which has been submitted for national public consultation, is aimed at regulating air pollutant emissions from heavy vehicles, which mostly use diesel as fuel. Emissions of substances such as nitrous oxides and particulate matter have an adverse and direct impact on the health of inhabitants in densely-populated urban areas. The World Health Organization (WHO) has established that emissions of particulate matter produced by diesel engines are associated with acute and chronic illnesses.

The notified document, (...) is aimed at establishing collection and recovery targets and other obligations relating to the priority products, cells and electrical and electronic equipment, in order to prevent the creation of waste and encourage their reuse and recovery. This instrument shall apply to cells and electrical and electronic equipment introduced to the market
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Extended Producer Responsibility shall apply to those introducing cells and electrical and electronic equipment within the scope of application to the domestic market. Notwithstanding the above, products in the Large Cells category and the Photovoltaic Panels subcategory shall not be subject to the collection and recovery targets. Producers' obligations and the ways in which they may be held accountable for their products can be assessed through individual and collective management systems, and all related reporting obligations, including the incorporation of a formula for calculating the guarantee in order to ensure fulfilment of the related targets and obligations. Collection and recovery targets for waste cells and electrical and electronic equipment are proposed and, using a management system, the producers of such "products" must comply with these targets relative to the total amount of cells and electrical and electronic equipment they have introduced into the domestic market. The related obligations for producers are also described in the preliminary draft, specifying the roles and responsibilities of cell marketers and producers. Obligations include: providing a service to pick up waste from marketers; designing, covering and operating reception and storage facilities; organizing a home collection service for the waste in question; and providing information, namely, management systems must inform distributors, marketers, managers and consumers of the relevant waste management costs. This title also specifies the role and responsibility of managers, including the technical requirements for waste management. Lastly, this title includes the role and responsibility of industrial consumers and also refers to restrictions on dangerous substances in products. The last titles refer to the obligations and options, including the reverse logistics of this waste, and to other actors, such as waste pickers, municipalities and consumers.

The notified draft Supreme Decree establishes the minimum safety requirements to be met by hydrogen facilities in which the production, conditioning, storage, packaging and consumption of hydrogen will be carried out, during their design, construction, operations, maintenance and inspection phases and throughout the definitive lifespan of their operations. It also lays down the obligations and responsibilities of the natural and legal persons who engage in such activities, to ensure that they are safely undertaken by controlling the risk inherent to them, so that they do not pose a danger to people or things.

1.1. Live hydrobiological species: The hydrobiological species authorized for import are those which, in accordance with Article 13 of Supreme Decree No. 430 of 1991 of the Ministry of the Economy, Development and Tourism (MINECON), are included in the list published annually by the Undersecretariat of Fisheries (SSP Resolution No. 3189 of 2019). It should be noted that the list describes the farming conditions and authorized uses for some such species.

1.2. Biological or pathological material: To import biological material or pathological material, the interested party must complete a form including all the information required by the office of the National Fisheries Service (SERNAPESCA). (...) Where appropriate, it must also be reported if they are genetically modified organisms.

5.2. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is a multinational United Nations convention that aims to regulate international trade in wild animal and plant species so that such trade does not represent a risk to the survival of these species.

5.4. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs): The importation of genetically modified propagation material is regulated by Resolution No. 1.523 of 2001, which establishes rules for the entry and introduction into the environment of living modified plant propagation organisms in a confined manner.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) establishes a free trade area for trade in goods and services within the meaning of GATT 1994 Article XXIV and GATS Article V. The Agreement contains provisions on national treatment and market access for goods, rules of origin and origin procedures, textiles and apparel goods, customs administration and trade facilitation, trade remedies, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, investment, cross-border trade in services, financial services, temporary entry for business persons, telecommunications, electronic commerce, government procurement, competition policy, state-owned enterprises and designated monopolies, intellectual property, labour, environment, cooperation and capacity building, competitiveness and business facilitation, development, small and medium sized enterprises, regulatory coherence, transparency and anti-corruption, administrative and institutional provisions, and dispute settlement. The Agreement establishes a Commission to oversee its implementation.

(Chilean Standard (NCh ISO) No. 16.923:2017 "Natural gas fuelling stations - CNG stations for fuelling vehicles": he notified Standard covers the design, construction, operation, inspection and maintenance of stations for fuelling compressed natural gas (CNG) to vehicles, including equipment, safety and control devices. It applies to portions of a fuelling station where natural gas is in a gaseous state and dispensing CNG derived from liquefied natural gas (LCNG) according to ISO 16924.

The notified Standard applies to fuelling stations supplied with natural gas as defined in local applicable gas composition regulations or ISO 13686. It also applies to other gases meeting these requirements including biomethane, upgraded coal-bed methane (CBM) and gas supplies coming from LNG vaporization (on-site or off-site) .
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Approval of the Ministry of the Environment preliminary draft National Strategy on Marine Litter and Microplastics: The preliminary draft National Strategy on Marine Litter and Microplastics has been submitted for consultations. Marine litter, including plastic litter, is a global environmental problem which has an adverse impact on biodiversity and the marine environment, tourism, fishing and marine transport. In light of the above, the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) and the Directorate General of the Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine (DIRECTEMAR) agreed to develop a national strategy on marine litter, together with an action plan.