G/TBT/N/ARG/374  
23 September  2019 
(19-6102) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ARGENTINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Secretaria  de Comercio Interior (Secretariat of Domestic Trade)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent from above:  
See point 11.  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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) : 
Dishwashers for household use ; Dish washing machines ; machinery for cleaning or drying 
bottles or other containers ; machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, 
boxes, bags or other containers ; machinery for capsuling bo ttles, jars, tubes and similar 
containers ; other packing or wrapping machinery (including heat -shrink wrapping 
machinery) ; machinery for aerating beverages (HS 8422)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Etiquetado de 
rendimi ento o eficiencia energética de Lavavajillas de uso doméstico  (Performance and 
energy efficiency labelling of dishwashers for household use) (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes the entry into force of the 
mandat ory certification regime on the performance and energy efficiency labelling of 
household electrical products (SICyM Resolution No. 319/1999 and the amendments 
thereto), with regard to dishwashers for household use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; Labelling ; Prevention of misleading practices ; 
Consumer protection ; Protection of human health and safety ; Protection of the 
environment ; Quality requirements.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Resolución SICyM N° 319/1999  - consolidated text (G/TBT/Notif.99/498);  
• Resolución SCI N° 262/2019  - consolidated text (G/TBT/N/ARG/294/Add.7)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not indicated  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not indicated  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ARG/374  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Punto Focal de la República  Argentina  (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic)  
Subsecretaría de Políticas de Mercado Interno  (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market 
Policies)  
Avda. Julio A. R oca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB)  
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires  
Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar  
Website: http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/  
Text available at:  
http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/201 9/TBT/ARG/19_5202_00_s.pdf