G/TBT/N/ARG/435  
1 April 2022 
(22-2652) 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: ARGENTINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Office of the President of Argentina  
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:  
See point 1 1. 
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): Labels on 
the front of pre -packaged food  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Decreto 
Reglamentario de la Ley N° 27.642 "Promoción de la Alimentación Saludable"  (Decree 
implementing Law No. 27.642 on the promotion of healthy eating); (36 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified document details the requirements for front -of-
pack nutritional labelling for packaged food with the aim of providing sim ple and 
understandable nutritional information to encourage active and confident decision -making 
and protect consumer rights; warn consumers about large quantities of, inter alia, sugar, 
salt, saturated fats, total fats and calories, by providing clear, ap propriate and accurate 
information, in line with Articles 4 and 5 of Law No. 24.240 on consumer protection; 
prevent malnutrition among the population and reduce instances of chronic non -
communicable diseases. Annex II presents the required graphic standard s, namely: 
messages: warning and precautionary labels; graphic features and technical specifications 
of the labels; application of the labels: location and calculation of area; use of more than 
one label. The Ministry of Health is the implementing authority for Law No. 27.642.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Decreto PEN N° 151/2022 ( National Executive Degree No. 151/2022 ) (text attached)  
Ley N° 27.642 "Promoción de la Alimentación Saludable" (Law No. 27.642 on the 
promotion of healthy eating) (text attached)  
Decreto (DNU) N° 274/2019  (Necessity and Urgency Dec ree No. 274/2019)  
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/320000 -
324999/322236/norma.htm  
Ley N° 24.240  (Law No. 24.240)  
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/0 -4999/638/texact.htm  
9. Proposed date of adoption: Not indicated  
Proposed date of entry into force: The implementation and ad aptation periods are 
established in Articles 19 and 22 of Decree No. 151/2022.  
10. Final date for comments: Not indicated  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Políticas para Mercado Interno  (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market 
Policies) Area de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio (Technical Barriers to Trade Division)  
Viviana Nora Camaly  
Avda. Julio A. Roca 6 51 Of. 423 A  
(C1067ABB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires  
Argentine Republic  
(+54 11) 4349 40 67  
focalotc@produccion.gob.ar  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar  
 
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