G/TBT/N/ARG/338  
7 August 2018  
(18-4986) 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 : Secretaría de Comercio  (Secretariat of 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:  
Punto Focal de la República Argentina  (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic)  
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio Interior y Competencia  (Directorate of Domestic Trade 
Policies and Competition)  
Avda. Julio A. R oca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB)  
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires  
Tel.: (+54) 11 4349 4067  
Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar  
Website: http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/  
Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php   
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) : Other 
footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (HS 6402), Footwear with outer 
soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather (HS 6403), 
Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of 
textile materials (HS 6404), Other footwear (HS 6405) -Other footwe ar: (HS 64019)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución "Requisitos de etiquetado aplicables a todo tipo de calzado nuevo"  (Draft 
Resolution "Labelling requirements applicable to all types of new footwear") (7 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution updates and restructures the 
existing legislation on the labelling requirements for all ty pes of new footwear marketed 
within the territory of the Argentine Republic.  
Accordingly, the following Resolutions are repealed : Resolución ex ICyM N° 508/1999 y 
concordantes  (Resolution No. 508/1999 of the former Secretariat of Industry, Trade and 
Mining  and related resolutions), notified in document G/TBT/Notif.99/606, and Resolución 
ex SCDyDC N° 44/20013  (Resolution No. 44/20013 of the former Secretariat of 
Competition, Deregulation and Consumer Protection), notified in document 
G/TBT/N/ARG/111.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; prevention of misleading practices and 
consumer protection  G/TBT/N/ARG/338  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Updated and consolidated reference texts  
Resolución ex IC yM N° 508/1999 (Resolution No. 508/1999 of the former Secretariat of 
Industry, Trade and Mining) http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/5500 0-
59999/59228/texact.htm  
Resolución ex SCDyDC N° 44/20013 (Resolution No. 44/20013 of the former Secretariat of 
Competition, Deregulation and Consumer Protection) 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/80000 -84999/83955/norma.htm   
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days after publication in the Official Journal of 
the Argentine Republic  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Punto Focal de la República Argentina  (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic)  
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio Interior y Competencia  (Directorate of Domestic Trade 
Policies and Competition)  
Avda. Julio A. R oca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB)  
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires  
Tel.: (+54) 11 4349 4067  
Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar  
Website: http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/  
Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php  
http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php  
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