G/TBT/N/ARG/431  
30 September  2021 
(21-7329) 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 : Secretario de Comercio Interior  (Secretar y of Domestic Trade)  
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 indicate d if different from above:  
See section 11.  
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 addition, where applicable) : (HS: 
730719)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución "Reglamento Técnico Específico aplicable a los Accesorios para Sistemas de 
Conducción de Fluidos"  (Draft Resolution "Speci fic Technical Regulation on fittings for fluid 
conveyance systems" ) (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution establishes the technical quality 
and safety requirements to be met by carbon and alloy steel butt  welding fittings used in 
fluid conveyance systems, produced from killed steel, forged from bars, sheets or tubular 
products, whether seamed or seamless, and marketed in the Argentine Republic.  
Domestic manufacturers and importers of the products covered by the dra ft text must 
comply with the technical requirements and conformity assessment procedure set out in 
the Annex.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health ; Protection of the environment ; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
Resolución SCI N° 344/2021  Procedure for the recognition of all certification bodies, 
inspection agencies and testing laboratories, the work of which involv es the performance 
of conformity assessment procedures for technical regulations issued by the Secretariat 
of Domestic Trade (G/TBT/N/ARG/294/Add.8)  
Resol ución ex SECPYME N° 347/2018  "Regulatory framework establishing the basic 
quality and safety principles and requirements applicable to equipment working under 
pressure, whether fire -heated or non -fire-heated . Certification" (G/TBT/N/ARG/350)  
Resolución ex SCT N° 197/2004  "Certification systems to be used in order to meet the 
requirements under mandatory certification systems" (Various symbols)  G/TBT/N/ARG/431  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : Not indicated  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not indicated  
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:  
Punto Focal de la República Argentina  (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic)  
Subsecretaría de Políticas para el Mercado Interno (Under -Secretariat for Domestic 
Market Policies)  
Dirección Nacional de Reglamentos Técn icos (National Technical Regulation Directorate)  
Avda. Julio A. R oca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB)  
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires  
Tel.: 54 11 4349 4067  
Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar  
 
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php  
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