. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PER/4 
16 December 2003 
 
 (03-6634) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Production 
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:  
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):  Tariff heading 64.01:  
Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppe rs of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of 
which are neither fixed to the sole nor assemb led by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, 
plugging or similar processes (National Tari ff Schedule: 64.01.10. 00.00, 64.01 .91.00.00, 
64.01.92.00.00, 64.01.99.00.00);  Tariff heading 64.02: Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics (National Ta riff Schedule: 64.02.12.00.00, 64.02.19.00.00, 
64.02.20.00.00, 64.02.30.00.00, 64.02.91.00.00, 64.02.99.00.00);  Tariff heading 64.03:  Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics,  leather or composition leather and uppers of 
leather (National Tariff Schedule:  64.03.12.00.00, 64.03.19.00.00, 64.03.20.00.00, 
64.03.30.00.00, 64.03.40.00.00, 64.03.51.00.00, 64.03.59.00.00, 64.03.91.00.00, 64.03.99.00.0);  Tariff heading 64.04:  Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of tex tile materials (National Tariff Schedule: 
64.04.11.00.00, 64.04.19.00.00, 64.04.20.00.00);  and Tariff heading 64.05:  Other footwear (National Tariff Schedule:  64.05.10.00 .00, 64.05.20.00.00, 64.05.90.00.00). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Technical 
Regulation on the Labelling of Foot wear (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  This Draft Technical Regulation establishes the information that 
must be included on footwear labels with regard to the main materials making up the 
footwear;  the country of origin, name and statutory head office of the manufacturer, importer or distributor;  the Registro Unico del Contribuyente  (corporate taxpayer number);  
the brand, should one exist;  la belling methods and procedures, inter alia . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 To provide information for and prevent practices likely to mislead consumers. G/TBT/N/PER/4 
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 8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  Not stated. 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Not stated. 3. Publication in which proposal will appear when adopted:              Official Journal El Peruano . 
4. Relevant international standards:  Not stated. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  10 March 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body: 
Comisión de Reglamentos Técnicos y Comerciales 
Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Compet encia y de la Protección de la Propiedad 
Intelectual Calle La Prosa No. 138 
Lima 41 
Tel.: +(511) 224-7800 Fax: +(511) 224-0348;  (511) 224-0347 E-mail:  amello@indecopi.gob.pe  Viceministerio de Industria 
Calle Uno Oeste No. 50 
Urb. Corpac San Isidro Lima 27 Tel.: +(511) 616-2222, Ext. 818 - 228 
Fax: +(511) 616-2222, Ext. 805 
E-mail:  jbutron@produce.gob.pe Web site:  http://www.produce.gob.pe