G/TBT/N/PER/131  
6 May 2021 
(21-3876) 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 : PERU 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health) - Head Office 
Av. Salaverry 801 Jesús María, Lima, Lima  
Tel.: (+51-1) 315 -6600 
Email: webmaster@minsa.gob.pe  
 
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 Comercio Exterior y Turismo , MINCETUR (Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Tourism)  
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 and 1239  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [X], 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) : 
6307.90.30.00 Face -masks  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Documento 
Técnico : "Lineamientos para la Confección de Mascarillas Faciales Textiles de Uso 
Comunitario Reutilizables " (Technical Document : Guidelines for the manufacture of 
reusable cloth face -masks for use by the community) (32 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ministerial Resolution No. 558-2021/MINSA 
(Ministry of Health) approving Technical Document, Guidelines for the manufacture of 
reusable cloth face -masks for use by the community, is aimed at persons and companies 
involved in the manuf acture of cloth face -masks for use by the community to reduce the 
spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS -CoV-2), the virus 
responsible for COVID -19, in order to establish parameters for the materials, design, 
manufacture, finishing , labelling, packaging and test methods of reusable face -masks for 
use by the community.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health, by reducing the spread of SARS -CoV-2, the 
COVID -19 virus; Protection of animal or plant life or health  G/TBT/N/PER/131  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. Spanish Standard UNE -CMA No. 17553 2020 : Cobertores faciales comunitarios . 
Guía de requisitos mínimos, métodos de ensayo y uso . (Community face 
coverings - Guide to minimum require ments, methods of testing and use)  
2. American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists AATCC Standard No. M14 -
2020 for reusable face -masks  
3. Peruvian Technical Standard (NTP) No. 231.400 -2015: Textiles Etiquetado para 
prendas de vestir y ropa para el hogar, R. No. 015-2015-INACAL/DN, published 
on 31/12/2015  
4. World Health Organization (WHO) Advice on the use of masks in the context of 
COVID -19: interim guidance, 5 June 2 020. WHO document number : WHO/2019 -
nCoV/IPC_Masks/2020.4  
5. Asociación Española de Normalización , UNE  (Spanish Association for 
Standardization)  UNE Specification No. 0065 of April 2 020: Mascarillas Higiénicas 
reutilizables para adultos y niños, Requisitos de materiales, diseño, confección, 
marcado y uso. (Reusable hygienic masks for adult s and children . Materials, 
design, manufacturing, marking and use requirements).  
6. Association Française de Normalisation , AFNOR (French Standardization 
Association) Spec S76 -001: Guide d'exigences minimales, de méthodes  d'essais, 
de confection et d'usage , 27 April 2 020 
7. International Standard ISO 4915 :1991 : Textiles - Stitch types - Classification and 
terminology  
9. Proposed date of adoption Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments : Not applicable  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo , MINCETUR (Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Tourism)  
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 and 1239  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health) - Head Office 
Av. Salaverry 801 Jesús María, Lima, Lima  
Tel.: (01) 315 6600  
Email: webmaster@minsa.gob.pe  
https://www.gob.pe/institucion/minsa/normas -legales/1892496 -558-2021-minsa  
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/index.aspx  
http://consultasenlinea.mincetur.gob.pe/notificaciones/Publico/FrmBuscador.aspx  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/PER/21_3285_00_s.pdf