G/TBT/N/PRY/ 95 
 
8 June 20 17 
(17-3047) 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 a bove:   
Centro de Referencia de la OMC  (WTO Reference Centre)  
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales  (Directorate of Multilateral Economic 
Organizations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
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 nat ional tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Net 
contents of pre -packaged products  (abrogation of  Common Market Group Resolution 
No. 31/07)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto d e 
Resolución Nº 05/17 del GMC. Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre Contenidos Netos de 
Productos Preenvasados (Derogación de la Res. GMC Nº 31/07)  (Draft Common Market 
Group Resolution No. 05/17 approving  the MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the net 
contents  of pre -packaged products  (abrogation of Common Market Group Resolution 
No. 31/07) ) (3 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The notified d raft Common Market Group Resolution No. 05/17 
approves  the MERCOSUR Technical  Regulation on the net contents  of pre -packaged 
products  and repeals  Common Market Group Resolution No. 31/07. The MERCOSUR 
Technical Regulation  provides that the following products  are no longer subject to 
quantitative standard s: frozen fish fillets , dentifrices , bars of household  soap and solid 
bleaching agents .   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To update the  MERCOSUR Technical Regulation with a view to prevent ing 
deceptive or unfair trade practice s. G/TBT/N/ PRY/95 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Resolu ción GMC Nº 31/07 que aprueba Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre Contenido s 
Netos de Productos Premedidos  (Common Market Group Resolution No. 31/07 approving 
the MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the net contents of pre-measured  products ); 
Resoluciones Nº 38 /98 y 56/02 del Grupo Mercado Común  (Common Market Group 
Resolutions Nos. 38/98 and 56/02) . 
9. Proposed date of adoption: - 
Proposed date of entry into force: - 
10. Final date for comments:  The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
document s and receive any relevant comments in the 60 days following 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:   
Unidad de Coordinación del  SNIN 
Ministeri o de Industria y Comercio, MIC 
Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333  
Asunción,  Paraguay  
Tel.: (+595) 21 -616-3284 
Fax: (+595 ) 21-616-3084 
Email: snin@mic.gov.py  
Website:  https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/PRY/17_2616_00_s.pdf