G/TBT/N/PRY/84
10 August 2015
(15-4112)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, MSPyBS (Ministry of Public Health and Social 
Welfare) Dirección Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitara , DINAVISA (National Health Monitoring 
Directorate) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
Centro de Referencia de la OMC  (WTO Reference Centre) 
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales  (Directorate of Multilateral Economic 
Organizations) 
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 [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): Health and 
other products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Decreto N° 
3.586/15 Por el cual se reglamenta el Articulo 24 de la Ley 1119/1997 "De Productos para 
la salud y otros" y se establecen normas para la fabricación, el régimen para la obtención y 
renovación de registro sanitario, el control de calidad, el control sanitario y la comercialización de los productos denominados suplementos dietarios  (Decree No. 
3.586/15 regulating Article 24 of Law 1119/1997 on health and other products, and 
establishing standards for the manufacture, system for obtaining and renewing sanitary registration, quality control, sanitary control and marketing of dietary supplements) (19 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified Decree regulates Article 24 of Law 1119/1997 on 
health and other products, and establishes standards for the manufacture, system for 
obtaining and renewing sanitary registration, quality control, sanitary control and marketing of dietary supplements, with a view to protecting human health and safety and preventing practices likely to mislead consumers. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health G/TBT/N/PRY/84 
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  8. Relevant documents: Law 1119/1997 on health and other products 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 15 June 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 15 June 2015  
10. Final date for comments: - 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN del Mi nisterio 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  
http://www.presidencia.gov.py/archivos/ documentos/DECRETO 3586_y5v189p2.pdf 
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