LAW NO. 21.076 AMENDS THE GENERAL LAW OF ELECTRICAL SERVICES TO IMPOSE ON THE ENERGY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY THE OBLIGATION TO SOLVE THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE SPLICE AND METER IN CASE OF INUSE OF THE INSTALLATIONS BY FORCE MAJEURE Bearing in mind that the National Congress has given its approval to the bill initiated in Motion by the Honorable Members of the House, Sergio Gahona Salazar, Miguel Ángel Alvarado Ramírez, Gustavo Hasbun Selume, José Antonio Kast Rist, Celso Morales Munoz, Daniel Nunez Arancibia, Renzo Trisotto Martinez and Felipe Ward Edwards and the Honorables Ladies and gentlemen, Andrea Molina Oliva and Claudia Nogueira Fernández, Bill: " Single article.-It was incorporated in the decree with force of law No. 4/20.018, 2006, of the Ministry of Economy, Development and Reconstruction, which fixes the recast, coordinated and systematized text of the General Law of Electrical Services, the following Article 139 bis: " Article 139 bis.-The splice and the meter are part of the distribution network and, therefore, of ownership and responsibility of the concessionaire of the public service of distribution or of that which provides the service of distribution. The tariff decrees referred to in Articles 120, 184 and 190, or replacing them, shall determine the way in which the remuneration of these installations is to be included in their tariff formulae, as well as the conditions for the application of the tariffs. associated with them. " TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS Article 1.-For the purposes of this law, users who, by the date of their publication in the Official Journal, are owners of meters or splices shall maintain that ownership until they are (a) produce the change of any of these facilities by the concessionaire of the public distribution service or the distribution service provider, according to the requirements of the electricity grid for the due compliance of the rules in force or the provisions of the following paragraph. In respect of users who own the meter or splice, the concessionaire of the public distribution service or that which provides the distribution service, as from the publication of this law in the Official Journal, must assume in full the cost of the removal or dismantling of the splice and the meter, as well as the execution or installation of the splice and the meter where replacement is necessary, provided that the inuse or destruction of such facilities is produced by force majeure, such as earthquake, sea departure, temporary or other calamity, and that authority (a) the competent authorities of the Member State of the European Union; The removal or dismantling and the execution or installation of the splice and the meter indicated in this paragraph shall not be conditioned to the absence of any non-payment services, either in whole or in part, at the time the force majeure occurs and State of disaster by the competent authority. Article 2.-The tariff decrees referred to in Articles 120, 184, 187 and 190 of the General Law on Electrical Services may be modified to incorporate the higher costs associated with this law and the standards and requirements of the quality and safety of service and supply established by the technical regulations dictated by the National Energy Commission, and must avoid at all times the double payment of services or infrastructure. The resulting formulas will be valid until the tariff period of the respective modified decree is completed. For the application of the provisions of this paragraph, it shall not be governed by the provisions of Articles 120, final paragraph; 183; 184, final paragraph, and 187 of the General Law on Electrical Services. Article 3.-The obligations laid down in this law, except as provided in the second indent of the first transitional article, shall enter into force on the basis of the publication and validity of the tariff decrees incorporating the higher costs in the provision of the public service associated with the requirements of this law. " And because I have had to approve and sanction it; therefore, promulgate and take effect as the Law of the Republic. Santiago, February 19, 2018.-MICHELLE BACHELET, President of the Republic.-Andres Rebolledo Smitmans, Minister of Energy. What I transcribe to you for your knowledge.-Atently, Jimena Jara Quilodran, Undersecretary of Energy.