G/TBT/N/PRY/139  
2 August  2023 
(23-5248) 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 : PARAGUAY  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, MSPBS (Ministry of Public Health and Social 
Welfare)  
Instituto Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición , INAN (National Food and Nutrition 
Institute)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email a nd website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Centro de Referencia de la OMC (WTO Reference Centre)  
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales  (Directorate of Multilateral Economic 
Organizations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Palma casi 15 de Agosto Nº 594  
Asunción, Paraguay  
Tel.: (+595) (21) 4148802  
Email: snin@mre.gov.py  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS (HS code(s) : 21) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROYECTO DE 
DECRETO N°______ POR EL CUAL SE REGLAMENTA LA LEY N°7092/2023 "DE ROTULADO 
FRONTAL DE ADVERTENC IA DE ALIMENTOS ENVASADOS" (Draft Decree No.______ 
regulating Law No.  7092/2023 "Front of pack warning labelling for packaged foods") ; (8 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The draft Decree sets out that front of pack labelling shall be 
used fo r foods packaged in the absence of the consumer, marketed by any channel of 
sale in the national territory, for which current regulations require nutritional labelling, 
and the composition of the content of sugars, saturated fats and sodium exceeds the 
values set out in Law No.  7092/2023.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety ; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/PRY/139  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Ley N° 7092/2023 "De Rotulado Frontal de Advertencia de Alimentos Envasados"  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 10 September 2 023 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
(a) For questions on technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment 
procedures, please contact the Coordination Unit of the National Informatio n and 
Notification System (SNIN) at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC), at the following 
address:  
Andrea Celeste Fernández Noguera  
Unidad de Coordinación (Coordination Unit),  Subsecretaría de Estado de Comercio 
(Under -Secretariat of State for Trade)  
Ministerio de Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Industry and Trade)  
Avda. Mariscal F. L ópez 3333  
Asunción  
Tel.: (+595) (21) 616 3284  
Fax: (+595) (21) 616 3084  
Email: snin@mic.gov.py ; andrea.fernandez@mic.gov.py  
Website: http://www.snin.gov.py  
(b) For WTO notifications, information and formal consultations by Member countries 
concerning TBT, the focal point is:  
Centro de Referencias OMC  
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales - Subsecretaría de Relaciones 
Económicas e Integ ración  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Palma casi 15 de Agosto, Nº 594  
Asunción  
Tel.: (+595) (21) 4148802  
Email: snin@mre.gov.py  
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