G/TBT/N/PER/139  
5 January  2022 
(22-0019) 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:  
Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear , IPEN (Peruvian Nuclear Energy Institute)  
Oficina Técnica de la Autoridad Nacional , OTAN (Technical Office of the National 
Authority ) 
Calle Faustino Sánchez Carrión 456 (Ex Justo Vigil), Magdalena del Mar  
Tel.: 463-1170/463 -1171 
Fax: 463-1166 
Email: otan@ipen.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 N º 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27  
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 and 1239  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
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) : National 
subheading description : 2612.10.00.00 Uranium ores and concentrates ; 2612.20.00.00 
Thorium ores and concentrates ; 2844.10.00.00 Natural uranium and its compounds ; 
alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural 
uranium or natural uranium compounds ; 2844.20.00.00 Uranium enriched in U 235 and 
its compounds ; plutonium and its co mpounds ; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), 
ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235, plutonium or 
compounds of these products ; 2844.30.00.00 Uranium depleted in U 235 and its 
compounds ; thorium and its compounds ; alloys, di spersions (including cermets), ceramic 
products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235, thorium or compounds of 
these products ; 2844.40.10.00 Radioactive residues ; 2844.40.90.00 Radioimmunoassay 
(RIA) kits and radioactive sources ; 2844.50.00.00 Spent (irradiated) fuel elements 
(cartridges) of nuclear reactors ; 2845.10.00.00 Heavy water (deuterium oxide) ; 
8401.10.00.00 Nuclear reactors ; 8401.20.00.00 Machinery and apparatus for isotopic 
separation, and parts thereof ; 8401.30.00.00 Fuel elements (c artridges), non -irradiated ; 
8401.40.00.00 Parts of nuclear reactors ; 8535.40.10.00 Only : Ionizing lightning arrestors 
(radioactive) ; 8 543.10.00.00 Particle accelerators (cyclotron, synchrotron) ; 
9022.12.00.0 0 Computed tomography apparatus ; 9022.13.00.00 Ot her, for dental uses ; 
9022.14.00.00 Only : Bone densitometers, mammography devices and other medical, 
surgical or veterinary equipment ; 9022.19.00.00 Only : Apparatus for monitoring, 
diffraction or analysis containing radioactive material ; 9022.21.00.00 Only : Caesium -137 G/TBT/N/PER/139  
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  teletherapy units for medical use ; 9022.21.00.00 Only : Apparatus for medical, surgical, 
dental or veterinary use ; 9022.29.00.00 Only : Linear accelerators and teletherapy units, 
nuclear gauges (densitometers ; level, weight, mo isture, fill, thickness, grammage 
gauges, etc.), high dose rate (HDR) or low dose rate (LDR) equipment containing 
radioactive material ; 9022.30.00.00 X -ray tubes ; 9025.80.30.00 Only : Densitometers 
containing radioactive material ; 9026.10.12.00 Only : Level gauges containing radioactive 
material ; 9026.10.19.00 Only : Others containing radioactive material  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Decreto Supremo para modificar el Reglamento  de la Ley Nº 27757 - Ley de Prohibición 
de la Importación de Bienes, Maquinaria y Equipos Usados que utilicen Fuentes 
Radiactivas  (Draft Supreme Decree amending the Regulations implementing Law No. 
27757 prohibiting the importation of used goods, machiner y and equipment that use 
radioactive sources) (5 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft text amends Annexes 2 and 3 and Article 8 
and incorporates Annex 4 into the current Regulations approved pursuant to Supreme 
Decree No. 001-2004-EM. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Update of the annexes to  the existing Regulations, taking into account the 
modification of the tariff headings, and clarification of the requirements to be met in order 
to obtain authorization to sell ionizing radiation equipment or sources ; Other 
8. Relevant documents:  
Ley Nº 2 7757 - Ley de Prohibición de la Importación de Bienes, Maquinaria y Equipos 
Usados que utilicen Fuentes Radiactivas  
Decreto Supremo N° 001 -2004-EM, aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley Nº 27757 -Ley de 
prohibición de la importación de bienes, maquinaria y equipo s usados que utilicen fuentes 
radiactivas  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months after publication in the Official Journal, 
El Peruano  
10. Final date for comments : 60 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:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (MINCETUR)  
Calle Uno Oeste N º 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.:  +(51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 or 1239  
Email:  otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
 
Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear (IPEN)  
Oficina Técnica de la Autoridad Nacional (OTAN)  
Calle Faustino Sánchez Carrión 456 (Ex Justo Vigil), Magdalena del Mar  
Tel.: 463-1170/463 -1171 
Fax: 463-1166 
Email: otan@ipen.gob.pe  
https://www. gob.pe/institucion/minem/normas -legales/2342324 -408-2021-minem -dm 
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/buscapalavra.aspx  
http://consultasenlinea.mincetur.gob.pe/notificaciones/Publico/FrmBuscador.aspx  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachment s/2022/TBT/PER/22_0028_00_s.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/PER/22_0028_01_s.pdf