. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/LIC/N/2/ARG/25 
28 September 2012 
 (12-5242) 
Committee on Import Licensing Original: Spanish 
  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
 
Notification under Article 5 
 
ARGENTINA 
 
  The following communication, dated 25 Septembe r 2012, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Argentina.  
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  Pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, I hereby notify 
Resolution No. 304/2012 of the Ministry of the Economy and Public Finance (MEyFP) concerning the model import certificate required for a pplications for non-automatic licences. 
 
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Notification on the customs clearance  procedure for certain transactions 
concerning definitive importation for consumption 
 
(a) List of products subject to licensing procedures 
 
 The model import certificates established under the following are being replaced:  Annex III 
to Resolution No. 798/1999 of the Secretariat of Industry, Trade and Mining (SICM), notified 
in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/6 of 21 December 1999;  Annex II to Resolution No. 177/2004 of the 
Secretariat of Industry, Trade and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SICyPyME), 
notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/7 of 19 August 20 04;  point 10 of the Annex to Resolution 
No. 485/2005 of the Ministry of the Economy and Production (MEP), notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/8 of 20 October 2005;  poi nt 10 of the Annex to Resolution No. 486/2005 
of the MEP, notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/9 of 20 October 2005;  point 11 of the Annex to 
Resolution No. 689/2006 of the MEP, notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/10 of 15 September 2006;  point 6 of the Annex to Resolution No. 694/2006 of the MEP;  point 5 of the Annex to Resolution No. 217/2007 of the MEP, notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/11 of 29 May 2007;  point 5 of the Annex to Resolution No. 343/2007 of the MEP, notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/12 
of 6 July 2007;  point 5 of the Annex to Resolution No. 47/2007 of the MEP, notified 
in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/13 of 21 September 2007;  point 5 of the Annex to Resolution No. 61/2007 of the MEP, notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/24 of 4 April 2011;  point 5 of the Annex to Resolution No. 588/2008 of the MEP, notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/15 of 19 January 2009;  point 5 of the Annex to Resolution No. 589/2008 of the MEP, notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/14 of 19 January 2009;  point 10 of the Annex to Resolution No. 26/2009 
of the Ministry of Production (MP), notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/16/Add.1 of 5 May 2009;  
point 10 of Annex II to Resolution No. 61/2009 of the MP, notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/16 G/LIC/N/2/ARG/25 
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  of 19 March 2009;  point 10 of Annex I to Resolution No. 165/2009 of the MP, 
notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/20 of 15 Se ptember 2009;  point 10 of the Annex 
to Resolution No. 337/2009 of the MP, notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/22 of 3 November 2009;  and point 8 of the Annex to Resolution No. 45/2011 of the Ministry of Industry (MI), 
notified in G/LIC/N/2/ARG/7/Add.4, G/LIC/N/2/ARG/10.Add.1, G/LIC/N/2/ARG/14/Add.1, 
G/LIC/N/2/ARG/15/Add.1, G/LIC/N/2/ARG/16/Add.2, G/LIC/N/2/ARG/20/Add.1 and 
G/LIC/N/2/ARG/22/Add.2 of 21 March 2011. 
 
(b) Contact point for information on eligibility 
 
Secretariat of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of the Economy and Public Finance. 
 
(c) Administrative body(ies) fo r submission of applications 
 
Secretariat of Foreign Trade - Integrated Foreign Trade System (SISCO). 
 
(d) Date and name of publication where the licensing procedures are published 
 
Resolution No. 304/2012 of the Ministry of the Economy and Public Finance of 22 June 2012 
(published in the Official Journal of 25 June 2012). 
 (e) Indication of whether the licensing proce dure is automatic or no n-automatic according 
to definitions contained in Articles 2 and 3 
 
 The procedure is non-automatic.  
 (f) In the case of automatic import licensing  procedures, their administrative purpose 
 
 There are no automatic procedures.  
(g) In the case of non-automatic import licen sing procedures, indication of the measure 
being implemented through the licensing procedure 
 
The measure modifies the model import certif icates required for applications to import 
products subject to non-automatic import licensing,  with a view to streamlining the procedure 
for the endorsement of such certificates by the competent authority, as well as accelerating 
and expediting the relevant formalities.  It al so establishes that all import certificates will be 
valid for 60 days from the date of issue. 
 
(h) Expected duration of the licensing pro cedure if this can be estimated with some 
probability, and if not, reason why this information cannot be provided  
 
 There is no  time-frame for the procedur e, inasmuch as it is a modification to model import 
certificates that is being notified. 
 
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