. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PER/5 
14 April 2004 
 (04-1676) 
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, 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 85.44:  
Insulated (including enamelled or anodized) wi re, cable (including coaxial cable) and other 
insulated electric conductors, whether or not f itted with connectors;  optical fibre cables 
made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors 
or fitted with connectors (National Tariff:  8544.59.10.00.  Other electric conductors, for a 
voltage exceeding 80 volts but not exceeding 100 volts, of copper).   
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Technical 
Regulation on Electric Conductors (five pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   This draft technical regulation establishes inter alia  the technical 
characteristics and marking and labelling requi rements to be met by mass consumption 
electric conductors for general use. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:     
 Prevention of practices that could e ndanger the life and safety of persons. 
8. Relevant documents:    
 1. Publication where the notice appears:  not indicated.  2. Proposal and basic document:  not indicated. 
 3. Publication in which the proposal will appear following adoption:  Official 
Journal "El Peruano". 
 4. Relevant international standards  G/TBT/N/PER/5 
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8. Relevant documents:  (cont'd) 
 - NTP (Peruvian technical standard) 370.250:  electric conductors.  
Conductors for insulated cables.  This standard is based on IEC standard 60228 1978  "Conductors for insulated cables" and UL standard 1581:2001  
"Reference Standard for electrical wires, cables and flexible cords". 
 - NTP (Peruvian technical standard) 370.252:  electric conductors.  Cable 
insulated with polyvinyl chloride fo r voltages as high as but not exceeding 
450/750 volts.  This standard is based on IEC standard 60227, parts 1 to 5. 
 - IEC 60228 1978:  "Conductors for insulated cables"  - UL 1581:2001:  "Reference standard fo r electrical wires, cables and flexible 
cords" 
 - IEC 60227, parts 1 to 5  - UL 44:  2002 "Thermoset-insulated wire and cables"  - UL 62:  2001 "Flexible cord and fixture wires"  - UL 83:  2001 "Thermoplastic insulated wires and cables" 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   28 June 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ]  
Commission on Technical and Trade Regulations 
National Institute for the Defence of Competiti on and the Protection of Intellectual Property 
(INDECOPI) Calle La Prosa No. 138 Lima 41 Peru  
Tel.:  (511) 224-7800 
Fax:  (511) 224-0348;  (511) 224-0347 E-mail:  amello@indecopi.gob.pe 
or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-ma il and website addresses, if available of 
the other body:   
Vice Ministry of Industry 
Calle Uno Oeste No. 50 Urb. Corpac San Isidro Lima 27 
Peru 
 Tel.:  (511) 616-2222 – Ext. 818-228 Fax:  (511)  616-2222 – Ext. 805 E-mail:  jbutron@produce.gob.pe The text of the draft technical regul ation will be published on the web site: 
http://www.produce.gob.pe