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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PRY/65 
24 July 2012 
 (12-4041) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:  
Instituto Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición , INAN (National Food and Nutrition 
Institute) Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, MSPyBS  (Ministry of Public Health and 
Social Welfare) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail 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) 
Palma casi 15 de Agosto Nº 594 Asunción, Paraguay Tel.: (+595) 21 493-657 
E-mail: snin@mre.gov.py  
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 numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Feeding bottles;  
Bisphenol A. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución "Por la cual se establecen las condi ciones y los requisitos para la fabricación, 
importación y comercialización de biberon es o artículos similares destinados a la 
alimentación del lactante"  (Draft Resolution "establishing conditions and requirements for 
the manufacture, importation and marketing of feeding bottles and other similar items used 
to feed infants") (4 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft text prohibits the manufacture, importation and 
marketing, throughout Paraguay, of feeding bo ttles and other similar items used to feed 
infants that are made of plastic containing Bisphenol A (2,2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) propane) (BPA), due to the health risks posed by this substance. G/TBT/N/PRY/65 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Decree No. 6115 of 11 February 2011, which declares the National Register of 
Packaging in Contact with Food (RNE) to be mandatory throughout national territory; 
- Law No. 863/80, " Código Sanitario " (Health Code). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } - 
10. Final date for comments:   The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant comment s in the 60 days following notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, 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 
E-mail: snin@mic.gov.py