G/TBT/N/BOL/27, G/TBT/N/COL/268  
G/TBT/N/ECU/524, G/TBT/N/PER/157  
9 April 2024 
(24-3006) 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, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Secretaría General de la Comunidad Andina  (General Secretariat of the Andean 
Community)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency 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) 2184444  
Fax: (+591) (2) 2316942  
Mobile : (+591) 701 900 13  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
Email: andres.ledezma@produccion.gob.bo  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
Website : www.produccion.gob.bo  
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) : Tanning 
or dyeing extracts ; tannins and their derivatives ; dyes, pigments and other colouring 
matter ; paints and varnishes ; putty and other ma stics; inks (HS Code 32) ; Essential oils 
and resinoids ; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS Code 33) ; Soap, organic 
surface -active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, 
prepared waxes, polishing or scouring pr eparations, candles and similar articles, 
modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster (HS Code 
34); Miscellaneous chemical products. (HS Code 38) ; Paper and paperboard ; articles of 
paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS Code 48) ; Miscellaneous manufactured articles 
(HS Code 96)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto sobre 
la "Armonización de legislaciones en materia de productos de higiene doméstica y 
productos absorbentes de hig iene personal"  (Draft decision on the "Harmonization of 
legislation on domestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products") ; (18 
pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/BOL/27 • G/TBT/N/COL /268 • G/TBT/N/ECU/524 • G/TBT/N/PER/157  
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  6. Description of content : The notified draft decision contains provisions that regulate 
sanitary, quality control and sanitary surveillance regimes in relation to the production, 
processing, packaging, preparation, importation, storage, sale, "refill" retail system, and 
marketing of domestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hy giene products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Products covered by this Decision, which are marketed within the subregion, 
must not cause damage to human health when they are applied under normal or 
reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, taking account, in particular, of the product's 
presentation, its labelling, any instructions for its use and disposal, as well as any other 
indication or information provided by the manufacturer or the person respo nsible for 
marketing the product . However, the presence of warnings does not exempt any person 
from compliance with the other requirement s laid down in this Decision ; Protection of 
human health and safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Decisión Andina 706 Armoniz ación de legislaciones en materia de productos de 
higiene doméstica y productos absorbentes de higiene personal,  
• Decisión 784 Modificación de la Decisión 706,  
• Decisión 826 Notificación sanitaria obligatoria de los productos ambientales 
regulados por la Dec isión 706 , and 
• Decisión 908 Modificación de la Decisión 706.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : Twenty -four (24) months from the date of 
publication in the Official Gazette of the Cartagena Agreement.  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización  (Vice-Ministry for Industrialization Policies)  
Focal point : Richard Wilmer Rojas Ramos, Director General d e Servicios y Calidad 
Industrial  (Director General of Services and Industrial Quality)  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización  
Alternate focal point : Andrés Gerardo Ledezma Araníbar, Profesional en Análisis de 
Reglamentación Técnica  (Expert in Technical Regulation Analysis)  
Tel.: (+591) 2 2184377  
Email: richard.rojas@produccion.gob.bo ; andres.ledezma@produccion.gob.bo  
Technical Regulations:  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización  
Av. Mcal. Santa Cruz, Edif . Centro de Comunicaciones  
La Paz, Bol ivia 
Tel.: (+591) (2) 2184377  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
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