G/TBT/N/ARG/368  
11 June 2019 
(19-3991) 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 : Secretar ía de Comercio Interior (Secretariat 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 indicated if d ifferent from above:  
Enquiry point (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) : 
Alternating -current electricity meters  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico y Metrológico para los Medidores de Energía Eléctrica en Corriente Alterna  
(Technical and metrologic al regulation concerning  alternating -current electricity meters) 
(119 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Electricity meters manufactured and marketed in and imported 
into the Argentine Republic are required to comply with the notified technical  and 
metrological regulation as from 365 days following its entry into force.  
Electricity meters already installed in the country on the date of entry into force, and 
those installed up until the date when this technical and metrological regulation takes 
effect, must show that they meet the requirements of the relevant tests for type approval 
with limited effect, in accordance with section 15 of the Annex and the set timetable.  
Accordingly, such measuring instruments are required to obtain type approval wit h limited 
effect in accordance with the timetable set out in the measure.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Law No. 19.511 and amendments thereto 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/45000 -
49999/48851/texact.htm  
• SCI Resolution No. 90/2012 (repealed) 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/200000 -
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : 24 May 2 019 
Proposed date of entry into force : 365 days from 2 4 May 2 019 
10. Final date for comments : Not applicable  
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.gob.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php  
http:/ /www.puntofocal.gob.ar/  
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