. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/PER/1
31 May 2002
(02-3021)
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:   PERU
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Integration and International Trade
Negotiations
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 uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of
which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing,plugging or similar processes (National Tariff 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 Tariff 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 ofleather (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 textile 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 Supreme
Decree Approving the Technical Regulation on the Labelling of Footwear (9 pages, in
Spanish).
6. Description of content:  This Draft Supreme Decree 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; labelling methods and procedures, inter alia .
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To inform consumers and prevent practices likely to mislead them.G/TBT/N/PER/1
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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:  14 June 2002
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:
Vice-Ministry of Industry
Calle Uno Oeste No. 50
Urb. Corpac
San Isidro
Lima 27Peru
Tel.:  +(511) 224-3289
Fax:  +(511) 224-3264
E-mail:  mrosas@mitinci.gob.pe