G/TBT/N/PRY/140  
2 February  2024 
(24-0822) 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  
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 t ariff 
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, "POR EL CUAL SE APRUEBA EL REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO SOBRE LA 
COMPOSICIÓN Y ETIQUETADO DE ALIMENTOS ENVASADOS LIBRES DE GLUTEN 
COMERCIALIZADOS EN EL TERRITORIO NACIONAL" (Draft Decree approving the 
Technical Regulation on the composition and labelling of packaged gluten -free foods 
marketed  in Paraguayan territory) (7 page(s), in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare, through the 
National Food and Nutrition Institute, is submitting for public consultation the draft Decree 
approving the Technica l Regulation on the composition and labelling of packaged gluten -
free foods marketed in Paraguayan territory.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Protection of human health  or safety ; 
Quality requirements ; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/PRY/140  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Law No. 6072/2018 establishing control measures for gluten -free products, as amended 
by Law No. 6914/2022  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 30 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:  
(a) For questions on technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment 
procedures, please contact the Coordination Unit of the National Information 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: https://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 Integración  (Under -Secretariat for Economic Relations and Integration)  
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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