G/TBT/N/PER/153  
17 August  2023 
(23-5569) 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:  
Dirección  General de Salud Ambiental e Inocuidad Alimentaria , DIGESA (Directorate -
General of Environmental Health and Food Safety)  
Las Amapolas # 350 Urb . San Eugenio, Lince, Lima, Peru  
Tel.: (+51-1) 631 -4430 
Email: digesaconsul@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 or 1239  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
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) : Paints (HS 
Chapters 3208, 3209, 3210, 3112, 3213 and 3214) and other coating materials.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reglamento de la Ley N° 31182, Ley que protege la salud e integridad física de las 
personas del contenido de plomo en pinturas y otros materiales de revestimient o (Draft 
Regulation of Law No.  31182 protecting the health and p hysical integrity of people from 
lead content in paints and other coating materials) (25  pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Regulation seeks to establish provisions to 
ensure the proper application of Law No.  31182 protecting  the health and physical 
integrity of people from lead content in paints and other coating materials in order to 
minimize health risks to the population . It contains sanitary requirements for authorizing 
the manufacturing, importation, distribution and/or marketing of paints and other coating 
materials.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health and safety to prevent harm to people caused by 
exposure to paints and other coating materials  containing lead.  G/TBT/N/PER/153  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. Ley N° 26842, Ley General de Salud y sus modificatorias.  
2. Ley N° 31182, Ley que protege la salud e integridad física de las personas del contenido 
de plomo en pinturas y otros materiales de revestimiento.  
3. World Health Organization and United Nations Environment Programme (2012) . Global 
Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint : operational framework, World Health Organization 
(WHO) https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/352887 . 
4. Lead Paint Reformulation Technical Guidelines, guided by the Global Alliance to 
Eliminate Lead Paint, a voluntary partnership formed by the United Nations, the United 
Nations Environment Programme and the World Health Organization (WHO).  
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 (Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Tourism)  
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 or 1239  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
Dirección General de Salud Ambiental e Inocuidad Alimentaria - DIGESA  
Las Amapolas # 350 Urb . San Eugenio, Lince, Lima, Peru  
Tel.: (+51-1) 631 -4430 
Email: mcotrina@minsa.gob.pe  
https://www.gob.pe/institucion/minsa/normas -legales/44656 98-710-2023-minsa  
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/index.aspx  
http://consultasenlinea.mincetur.gob.pe/notificaciones/Publico/FrmBuscador.aspx  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/PER/23_11807_00_s.pdf  
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/PER/23_11807_01_s.pdf