G/TBT/N/PRY/82  
 
19 June 2015  
(15-3186)  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:   Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas, 
SENAVE  (National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:    
 
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 [ 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  Melons 
(Cucumis melo  L.) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento 
Técnico para la Fijación de Identidad y Calidad del Melón (Cucumis melo L.) (Technical 
Regulation on establishing the identity and quality of melons ( Cucumis melo  L.)) (11 
pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The aim of the notified draft Technical Regulation is to establish 
the terminology relating to and the quality, packaging and presentation requirements to 
be met by melons ( Cucumis melo  L.) for sale on the domestic market or for export. It does 
not apply to melons for industrial use. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   Human health 
8. Relevant documents:    
 Resolución SENAVE Nº 550/11 "Por el cual se establece el Reglamento Técnico para el 
muestreo de cultivos y/o productos vegetales con fines analíticos de residuos de plaguicidas y otros contaminantes"  (National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service 
Resolution No. 550/11 establishing the Techni cal Regulation on the sampling of plant 
crops and/or products for the purpose of analysing pesticide residues and other contaminants);   G/TBT/N/PRY/82 
 
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   Resolución SENAVE 354/12, Reglamento Técnico para el envasado y transporte de 
frutas y hortalizas IN NATURA que se comercialicen en el Paraguay  (National Plant and 
Seed Quality and Health Service Resolution  No. 354/12: Technical Regulation on the 
packaging and transportation of fresh fruit and vegetables marketed in Paraguay). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   2015 2015 
10. Final date for comments:   The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents 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 addresse s, if available, of other body:   
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN 
Ministerio 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/2015/TBT/PRY/15_2341_00_s.pdf