G/TBT/N/PRY/120  
6 January  2021 
(21-0227) 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 : Instituto Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición , INAN (National 
Food and Nutrition Institute), Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social  (Ministry of 
Public Health and Social Welfare)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addre sses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
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 -493 657  
Email: snin@mre.gov.py  
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in additi on, where applicable) : Enriched 
wheat flour  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución por la cual se aprueba el "REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO DE IDENTIDAD Y CALIDAD 
DE LA HARINA DE TRIGO ENRIQUECIDA CON HIERRO Y VITAMINAS, SE ESTABLECEN 
REQUISITOS PARA LA AUTORIZACIÓN DE IMPORTACIÓN DE LA HARINA DE TRIGO Y DE 
LA PREMEZCLA DE HIERRO Y VITAMINAS UTILIZADA EN EL ENRIQUECIMIENTO DE LA 
HARINA ; Y, SE ABROGA LA RESOLUCIÓN S.G.  N° 27, DE FECHA 31 DE ENERO DE 2002."  
(Draft  Resolution approving the "technical regulation on identity and quality of wheat flour 
enriched with iron and vitamins establishing import authorization requirements for wheat 
flour and iron and vitamin premix used to enrich flour and repealing S.G . Resolution No. 
27 of 3 1 January 2 002") (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution establishes levels of iron and 
vitamin enrichment for wheat flour ; quality and safety requirements ; and import 
authorization requirements for w heat flour and iron and vitamin premix used to enrich 
flour.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety ; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/PRY/120  
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  8. Relevant documents : Article 1 of Decree No. 20830 of 2 8 April 1 998, declaring the 
enrichment of wheat flour with iron and vitamins to be mandatory, reads : "It is declared 
mandatory to enrich wheat flour that is industrialized, imported, fractionated  and 
marketed in the country with iron and vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and folic acid), 
as a means to control deficienc ies in these nutrients."  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN  (SNIN Coordinating Unit)  
Ministerio de Industria y Comercio , MIC (Ministry of Industry and Trade)  
Avda. Mariscal F. L ópez 3333  
Asunción, Paraguay  
Tel.: (+595) 21 -616 3284  
Fax: (+595) 21 -616 3084  
Email: snin@mic.gov.py  
 
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