. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/117
19 June 2003
(03-3300)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ARGENTINA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:   MERCOSUR Common Market Group
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   idem  National
enquiry point
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):   Toys
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft MERCOSUR
Technical Regulation on the Safety of Toys  (36 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Toys may be placed on the market only if they comply with the
essential safety requirements (MERCOSUR Standard NM 300 - Part 1, with the exception
of the second paragraph of the introduction thereto, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part
6:2002) and the warnings and indications of precautions to be taken during use laid down in
this draft Resolution, taking into consideration the safety and/or health of users and thirdparties when the toys are used as intended or in a foreseeable way, bearing in mind the
normal behaviour of children.
Toys may also only be placed on the market in or transferred in any way between
the States Parties if they accredit compliance with the safety and labelling requirements laid
down in this draft Regulation by way of a product conformity certificate issued by a
certification authority approved by the accreditation body and recognized by the regulatory
body of the country of destination in both instances.
Identification: the name, trade name or trademark and address of the manufacturer
or importer, together with any warnings and indications of precautions to be taken during
use, shall be affixed to the packaging or, where no packaging exists, to the toy itself in a
visible, easily legible and indelible form. Instructions for use, when required, may be given
on the packaging, on a label or in a leaflet. This draft Resolution is not mandatory for toysintended for export to third countries.
Annex I: Products not regarded as toys; A nnex II: Essential safety requirements for
toys; Annex III: Warnings and precautions; Annex IV: Certification procedure; Annex V:
Guidelines for forming toy families; Annex VI: Marking or identification of toy replicas of
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection.
8. Relevant documents:   MERCOSUR/XV Working Subgr oup No. 3/Draft Resolution No.
01/03.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  12 May 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  12 July 2003
10. Final date for comments:   12 July 2003 (E-mail to mercsgt3@mecon.gov.ar)
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Focal Point of the Argentine Republic
National Directorate of Domestic Trade (DNCI)
Avda. J. A. Roca 651, 4th floor, Sector 2, (C1067ABB) Buenos Aires
Fax.:  (54 11) 4349-4072Tel.:  (54 11) 4349-4067
E-mail:  focalotc@mecon.gov.ar