G/TBT/N/BOL/18  
7 October  2019 
(19-6445) 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 : PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Viceministerio de Producción Industrial a Mediana y Gran Escala  
(VPIMGE) (Vice -Ministry of Medium - and Large -Scale Industrial Production)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agen cy or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural  (MDPyEP) (Ministry of Productive 
Development and the Plural Economy)  
Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz, Edif . Centro de Comunicaciones, piso 17  
La Paz, Bolivia  
Tel.: (+591) (2) 2184343  
Fax: (+591) (2) 2124239  
Mobile : (+591) 701 900 13  
Email: joaquin.aviles@produccion.gob.bo ; avilesjoaquin@hotmail.com  
Website: www.produccion.gob.bo  
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) : Yarn of 
carded wool, not put up for retail sale (HS 5106) ; Yarn of combed wool, not put up for 
retail sale (5107) ; Yarn of fine animal hair (carded or combed), not put up for retail sale 
(HS 5108) ; Yarn of wool or of fine animal hair, put up for retail sale (HS 5109)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico de etiquetado para hilos que contengan fibra de alpaca  (Technical Regulation on 
the labelling of yarn containing alpaca fibre) (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation applies to semi -manufactured 
yarn products containing alpa ca fibre, whether in whole or in part, expressed as a 
percentage (weight/weight).  G/TBT/N/BOL/18  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the minimum information 
requirements for semi -manufactured yarn products containing alpaca fibre, and the 
requirements concerning the presentation of such information, whether for products 
which are manufactured within the national territory or imported products, and which are 
marketed in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, with a view to preventing practices likely 
to mislead consumers as to the characteristics of the products concerned, and also 
preventing adulteration, fraud, falsification, and manipulation and/or alteration by  third 
parties . Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer 
protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR, Etiquetado de productos textiles . MERCOSUR, 
Resolución N°  03/17 (Derogación de la RES . GMC N° 33/07) ; 
• Norma Andina, Fibra de alpaca clasificada . Definiciones, clasificación por grupos 
de calidades, requisitos y rotulado . Comité Andino de Normalización, 
NA 0023:2007 (Gaceta Oficial del Acuerdo de Cartagena Nº 152 3 de 2007 -07-
25). 
9. Proposed date of adoption : 180 days after the promulgation of the legal instrument  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days after the promulgation of the legal 
instrument  
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:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/BOL/19_5491_00_s.pdf