G/TBT/N/PRY/104  
5 April 2018  
(18-2059) 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  (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 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) : Register of 
Manufacturers and Impor ters of Incandescent and Fluorescent Lamps  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución "Por la cual se crea el Registro Fabricantes e Importadores de Lámparas 
Incandescentes y Fluorescentes, dependiente del Ministerio de Industria y Comercio, se 
establece el Régimen de Licencia previa de Importación y la Certificación obligatoria de 
Eficiencia Energética"  (Draft Resolution creating the Register of Manufacturers and 
Importers of Incandescent and Fluorescent La mps under the authority of the Ministry of 
Industry and Trade and establishing the prior import licensing regime and mandatory 
energy efficiency certification)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution establishes the requirements that 
must be met through the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Single Window for Exports in 
order to register as a manufacturer or importer of incandescent and fluorescent lamps . The 
Register in question is provided for in Article 1 of the text.  
7. Objective and r ationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Environmental and consumer protection.  G/TBT/N/PRY/104  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Ley N° 904/63 "Que establece las funciones Del Ministerio de Industria y 
Comercio", modifica y amplia por las Leyes  N° 2961/06 y N° 5.289/2014  
(Law No. 904/63 establishing the responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry and 
Trade, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 2961/06 and 
Law No. 5.289/2014)  
 Ley N° 444/1944 "Que ratifica el Acta final de La Ronda de Uruguay d el GATT"  
(Law No. 444/1944 ratifying the Final Act of the Uruguay Round of the General 
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)  
 Ley N° 2.422/2004 "Código Aduanero" (Law No. 2.422/2004 on the Customs Code)  
 Decreto 7.103/2017 "Por el cual se crea el Registro de Fabri cantes e Importadores 
de Lámparas Incandescentes y Fluorescentes, dependiente del Ministerio de 
Industria y Comercio, se establece El régimen de Licencia Previa de Importación y 
La Certificación obligatoria de Eficiencia Energética"  (Decree No. 7.103/2017 
creating the Register of Manufacturers and Importers of Incandescent and 
Fluorescent Lamps under the authority of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and 
establishing the prior import licensing regime and mandatory energy efficiency 
certification)  
9. Prop osed date of adoption : Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not applicable  
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 Industria 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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