G/TBT/N/ BOL/6  
30 August 2017  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA  
If applicable, name of local government  involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Obras Públicas , Servicios y Vivienda  (Ministry of Public 
Works, Services and Housing)  
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:   
Av. Mariscal Santa C ruz 
Edificio Centro de Comunicaciones  
La Paz, piso 10  
Tel.: (591)  2-211-9999; (591)  2-215-6600 
Fax: (591) 2 -215-6621 
E-mail: oopp@oopp.gob.bo  
Website: https://www.oopp.gob.bo/  
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):  Motor 
vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons, including the driver  (HS 8702) ; Motor cars 
and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, other than those 
of heading 87 02, including station wagons and racing cars (HS 8703) ; Motor vehicles for 
the transport of goods (HS 8704) ; and  Chassis fitted  with engines, for the motor vehicles of 
headings 8701 to 8705  (HS 8706)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento para 
la Emisión de las Autorizaciones Previas para Vehículos Automotores Nuevos  (Regulation on 
the issue of prior authorization s for new motor vehicles ) (27 pages, in Spanish )   
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation  lays down the  
environmental requirements  to be met by  both imported and domestically produced motor 
vehicles . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection  of human health and safety and environmental protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Constitución Política del Esta do (Political Constitution ); Ley N° 1333, de 27 de abril 
de 1992, de Medio Ambiente  (Law No. 1333 of 27 April 1992 on the environment ); 
Ley N° 71, de 21 de diciembre de 2010, de Derechos de la Madre Tierra  (Law No. 71 
of 21 December 2010  on the rights of Mother Earth ); Ley N° 165 de 16 de agosto 
de 2011, General de Transporte  (Law No. 165 of 16 August 2011, General Law on 
Transport ); Ley N°  821 de 16 de agosto de 2016 que modifica el Artículo 191 de la G/TBT/N/ BOL/6 
 
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  Ley General de Transportes  (Law No. 821 of 16 August 2016 amending Article 191 of 
the General Law o n Transport ); Decreto Supremo N° 24176, de 8 de diciembre 
de 1995, Reglamentos a la Ley del Medio Ambiente  (Supreme Decree No. 24176 of 
8 December 1995,  Regulations implementing the  Law on the environment ); and  
Ley N° 1990, de 28 de julio de 1999, General de Aduanas  (Law No. 1990 of 
28 July 1999, General Customs Law );  
 Decreto Supremo N° 25870, de 11 de agosto de 2000 , Reglamento a la Ley General 
de Aduanas  (Supreme Decree No. 25870 of 11 August 2000, Regulations 
implementing the General Customs Law ); 
 Decreto Supremo N° 572 de 14 de julio de 2010  (Supreme Decree No. 572 of 
14 July 2010);  
 Decreto Supremo N°  3244 de 5 de julio de 2017  (Supreme Decree No. 3244 of 
5 July 2017);  
 Arancel Aduanero de Importaciones  (Customs Import Tariff ). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 24 October 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 24 August 2017  
10. Final date for comments:  60 calendar days from the date of notification  (25 August)  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers  and email and website addresses, if available , of other body: