G/TBT/N/PRY/119  
27 July 2020 
(20-5194) 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 
addr esses, 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)  
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 additio n, where applicable) : Inorganic 
contaminants in food  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución del Grupo Mercado Común "Reglamento Técnico Mercosur sobre "Límites 
Máximos de Contaminantes inorgánicos en ali mentos"  (Modificación de la Resolución GMC 
N° 12/11)"  (Draft Common Market Group (GMC) Resolution "MERCOSUR Technical 
Regulation on maximum levels of inorganic contaminants in food (Amendment to GMC 
Resolution No. 12/11)") (2 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Descrip tion of content : The notified draft text amends the item "Rice and rice products 
other than oil" in the Arsenic table in Part II ("Maximum levels of inorganic contaminants") 
of the Annex to GMC Resolution No. 12/11 : "MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on maximum 
levels of inorganic contaminants in food".  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of health ; quality requirements.  G/TBT/N/PRY/119  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Treaty of Asunción  
• Protocol of Ouro Preto  
• Common Market Group Resolutions Nos. 38/98, 12/11 and 45/17.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments : The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant comments in the 60 days following 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 Coordinac ión del SNIN, del Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (MIC)  (National 
Information and Notification System Coordination Unit, 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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