G/TBT/N/PRY/97  
10 July 2017 
(17-3672) 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 : PARAGUAY  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Industria y Comercio , MIC (Ministry of Industry and 
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 different from ab ove: 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
 
Centro de Referencia de la OMC  
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Palma casi 15 de Agosto Nº 594  
Asunción, Paraguay  
Tel.: (+595) 21 -493-657 
Email: snin@mre.gov.py  
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 prov ided in addition, where applicable) : Values of 
certain parameters for imported and marketed gasoline types established in Annexes I and 
II of Resolution No. 502/2016 and Decree No. 4.562/2015.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docu ment : Resolución N° 
770/2017 "por la cual se modifican valores de algunos parámetros de las Naftas de 
importación y comercialización, de los anexos I y II de la Resolución N° 502/2016 y del 
Decreto N° 4.562/2015"  (Resolution No. 770/2017 amending the value s of certain 
parameters for imported and marketed gasoline types established in Annexes I and II of 
Resolution No. 502/2016 and Decree No. 4.562/2015)  
6. Description of content : The notified text amends the sulphur content parameters for 85 
RON gasoline blended with anhydrous ethanol, for marketing, Section (a), Annex I, 
according to the technical specifications attached ; 90 RON gasoline blended with 
anhydrous ethanol, for marketing, Section (b), Annex I, according to the technical 
specifications attached ; 95 RON gasoline blended with anhydrous ethanol, for marketing, 
Section (c), Annex I, according to the technical specifications attached ; and 97 RON 
gasoline, not blended with anhydrous ethanol, for importation and marketing, Sections (d) 
and (e), Annexes  I and II, according to the technical specifications attached.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/PRY/97  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Decreto N° 10.911/2000 "Por el cual se reglamenta la  Refinación, Importación, 
Distribución y Comercialización de los Combustibles derivados del Petróleo"  (Decree 
No. 10.911/2000 regulating the refining, importation, distribution and marketing of 
petroleum -based fuels)  
 Decreto N° 4.562/2015 "Por el cual se e stablecen nuevas especificaciones técnicas 
de los combustibles derivados del petróleo para la Importación y comercialización en 
el país y se deroga la Resolución N° 1.336 del 22 de noviembre de 2013"  (Decree 
No. 4.562/2015 establishing new technical specif ications for petroleum -based fuels 
imported into and marketed in the country, and repealing Resolution No. 1.336 of 2 2 
November 2 013) 
 Resolución Nº 214/2015 "Por la cual se prorroga la entrada en vigencia actual de las 
especificaciones técnicas mínimas de calidad definidas en el Anexo I y II del Decreto 
N° 4.562/2015"  (Resolution No. 214/2015 postponing the entry into force of the 
minimum quality technical specifications defined in Annexes I and II of Decree No. 
4.562/2015)  
 Resolución Nº 502/2016 "Por el cu al se modifican especificaciones técnicas de 
algunos parámetros de las naftas, Anexos I y II del Decreto N° 4.562/2015 Por el 
cual se establecen nuevas especificaciones técnicas de los combustibles derivados 
del petróleo para su importación y comercializac ión en el país, y se deroga la 
Resolución N° 1.336 del 22 de noviembre de 2013"  (Resolution No. 502/2016 
amending technical specifications for certain gasoline parameters, Annexes I and II 
of Decree No. 4.562/2015 establishing new technical specifications for petroleum -
based fuels to be imported into and marketed in the country and repealing 
Resolution No. 1.336 of 2 2 November 2 013) 
 Ley N° 5.211/2014 "De calidad del Aire"  (Law No. 5.211/2014 on air quality)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of  entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : - 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN Ministerio de Ind ustria y Comercio (MIC)  
Avda. Mariscal F. L ópez 3333  
Asunción, Paraguay  
Tel.: (+595) 21 -616-3284 
Fax: (+595) 21 -616-3084 
Email: snin@mic.gov.py  
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