G/TBT/N/ARG/364  
30 April 2019 
(19-2967) 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 : Comisión Nacional de Alimentos , CONAL (National Food 
Commission)  
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 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) : Dietary 
supplements ; Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included (HS 2106)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución Conjunta "Modificación del Código Ali mentario Argentino - Capítulo XVII - 
Alimentos de régimen o dietéticos" - Título "Suplementos dietarios"  (Draft Joint Resolution 
amending the Argentine Food Code - Chapter XVII - Diet and health foods - Title - Dietary 
supplements) (15 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Joint Resolution, prepared by the National 
Food Commission (CONAL), amends Article 1381 defining and establishing the labelling 
and composition requirements to be met by dietary supplements, for updating purpos es. 
It also incorporates Article 1381 ter on evening primrose oil, included in Article 1381 
which has been amended.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Updating of existing legislation ; Consumer informati on; Labelling ; Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety ; 
Other 
8. Relevant documents:  
• EX-2019-81380881 -APN-DERA#ANMAT (1 -0047-2110-1537-12-1); 
• Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 1 0 June 
2002 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food 
supplements ;  
• Guidance on the evaluation of substances, European Food Safety Authority, EFSA, 
Agencia Española de  Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición , AESAN (S panish Agency 
for Food Safety and Nutrition) ; 
• "Safety of Vitamin and Mineral Supplements " - IADSA, John N Hathcock, Ph.D ; 
•  "Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D" - Institute of Medicine 
(IOM), 2010 ;  G/TBT/N/ARG/364  
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  • Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activit y and Health, World Health Organization 
(WHO);  
• Non-official comparative 
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/notific_otros_miembros/Arg/caa_xvii_1381_comp
arativo.pdf   
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments : 8 June 2 019 
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 de Mercado Interno  (Under secretariat for Domestic Market 
Policies)  
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.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ARG/19_2559_00_s.pdf