G/TBT/N/ARG/289  
23 June 2015  
(15-3255)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Secretaria de Industria (Secretariat of Industry) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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: National 
enquiry point 
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): Motor 
vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: "Registro 
Nacional de Laboratorios de Ensayos de Autopartes y Vehículos Completos. Licencias para 
Configuración de Modelos"  (National Register of Laboratories for the Testing of Auto Parts 
and Complete vehicles. Conformity certificates) (5 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified text amends Resolution ex SICyM No. 838/1999 and 
related resolutions, and establishes additional requirements, as follows: 
 Paragraph 1.9 of Annex 1 of Resolution ex SICyM No. 838/1999 concerning 
registration in the Register of Manufacture rs and Importers, has been replaced by a 
requirement stipulating that copies of ISO 9001, QS 9000, TS, EAQF, VDA, AVSQ or MQAS certificates must be submitted for the factory in which the product is 
manufactured. 
 The wording of Article 15 of Resolution ex SICyM No. 838/1999 has been replaced 
by the following: " A los fines de la presente reglamentación entiéndese como 
Organismo Certificador Reconocido a los acreditados por el Organismo Argentino de Acreditación (O.A.A.) " (For the purpose of this Regulation, "recognized certifying 
body" shall be understood to mean an organization accredited by the Argentine 
Accreditation Agency (OAA)). 
 The National Register of Laboratories for the Testing of Complete Vehicles has been 
established and merged with the National Re gister of Laboratories for the Testing of 
Auto Parts to form the National Register of Laboratories for the Testing of Auto Parts and Complete Vehicles. 
 In order to obtain a conformity certificate, applicants must submit the results of the 
tests conducted in the laboratories registered in the new National Register of 
Laboratories for the Testing of Auto Parts and Complete Vehicles. 
 The safety requirements for categories O1, O2, O3 and O4, and for categories L1, 
L2, L3, L4 and L5 in Annex II, Article 7 of Resolution ex SICyM No. 838/1999 have 
been amended, and safety requirements for categories M2 and M3 have been 
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   The National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI) is the authority responsible 
for, inter alia, examining and implementing alternative standards, based on a 
technical assessment, and requiring compliance with these standards in procedures 
to grant conformity certificates. 
 Conformity certificates will be valid for five years and may be renewed for the same 
amount of time, following authorization from the INTI for the repetition of the relevant tests. 
 Conformity certificates issued  before 3 November 2014 will expire in accordance with 
the schedule established under Article 10 of Resolution SI No. 323/2014 and Article 1 of Resolution SI No. 433/2015. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To update existing legi slation on road safety. 
8. Relevant documents: Resolution ex SICyM No. 838/1999 and related resolutions 
(consolidated text) http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/doc/res-sicym838-99.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 31 October 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force: 3 November 2014  
10. Final date for comments: - 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Punto Focal de la República Argentina 
Dirección Nacional de Comercio Interior Avda. Julio A. Roca 651, Piso 4°, Sector 2 (C1067ABB) 
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires 
Tel.: (+54) 11 4349-4067 Fax: (+54) 11 4349-4072 
Email: focalotc@mecon.gov.ar  
Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/notifi c_otros_miembros/Arg/289_t.pdf  
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