G/TBT/N/ARG/350  
29 October  2018 
(18-6774) 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 Emprendedores y de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa  
(Secretariat of entrepreneurs, and small and medium -sized enterprises)  
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:  
Enquiry point (See section 11)  
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) : Equipment 
working under pressure, whether fire -heated or non -fire-heated ; Occupational safety ; 
Industrial hygiene (ICS 13.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Marco 
regulatorio que establece los principios y requisitos esenciales de calidad y seguridad 
aplicables a los equipos sometidos a presión, con y sin fuego . Certificación (Regulatory 
framework establishing the basic quality and safety principles and requirements 
applicable to equipment working under pressure, whether fire -heated or non -fire-heated . 
Certification) (14 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified  measure constitutes the regulatory framework 
establishing the basic quality and safety principles and requirements for equipment 
working under pressure, whether fire -heated or non -fire-heated, which are marketed in 
the territory of the Argentine Republic.  
It will establish specific technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures for 
each product in the relevant category, provided that such products have the 
characteristics required, based on the guidelines set out in this regulatory framework.  
Domestic manufacturers and importers of the products covered by the notified measure 
will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the technical requirements and 
conformity assessment procedures established, and those to be established by the specific 
regulations.  
The notified measure will be implemented within the deadlines established in each of the 
specific regulations issued.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health and safety ; Protection of the environment ; 
Quality requirements.  G/TBT/N/ARG/350  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Ley 22.802  http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/15000 -
19999/19 946/texact.htm  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments : Not applicable  
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@mecon.gob.ar  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/  
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