G/TBT/N/ARG/313  
16 January  2017 
(17-0271) 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: Administración Nacional de Medica mentos, Alimentos y Tecnología 
Medica , ANMAT (National Drug, Food and Medical Technology Administration)  
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:   
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 number s may be provided in addition, where applicable): 
Psychotropic substances and narcotic drugs  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Certificación 
especial para el manejo de sustancias sujetas a control especial: "Psicotrópicos  y 
estupefacientes"  (Special certification for the handling of substanc es subject to special 
control: Psychotropic substances and narcotic drugs) (6 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: Any natural and/or legal person engaged in the  importation, 
exportation, production, manufacture, packing for retail sale , marketing and/or storage , in 
the national jurisdiction or for inter -provincial trade, of the substances listed  in the Annex  
to the notified ANMAT Resolution  or of medicinal or pharmaceutical pr eparations that 
contain such substances  must register with the Directorate for the Surveillance of 
Substances Subject to Special Control (DVSSCE) of the National Institute of Medicines 
(INAME), attached to the National Drug, Food and Medical Technology Adm inistration 
(ANMAT), in order to obtain special certification  for the handling of  such substances.  
Authorization must be sought from the  DVSSCE of the INAME  for the  import ation or 
export ation of  any of the substances listed in the aforementioned Annex .  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Health protection  
8. Relevant documents: The s chedules  of controlled substances of Brazil, Canada, Spain, 
the United States of A merica, France, Japan, the United Kingdom  and the International 
Narcotics Control Board (INCB).  
This notification is related to documents  G/TBT/N/ARG/243, Suppl.1 and Add.1.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 31 December 2016  
Proposed date of entry into force: 30 March 2017 (Article 3); 28 June 2017  (Articles 4 
and 7)  G/TBT/N/ARG/313  
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  10. Final date for comments: 29 January 2017  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Dirección Nacional de Comercio Inter ior 
Avda. Julio A. Roca 651, Piso 4°, Sector 2 (C1067ABB)  
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires  
Tel.:  (+54) 11 4349 4067  
Fax:  (+54) 11 4349 4072  
Email:  focalotc@mecon.gov.ar  
Website : http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php  
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