G/TBT/N/BOL/1  
G/TBT/N/COL/203  
G/TBT/N/ECU/250  
G/TBT/N/PER/57  
 
23 May 2014  
(14-3079)  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: PERU, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA, COLOMBIA and 
ECUADOR 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Comunidad Andina  (Andean Community) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email 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 Comercio Exterior y Turismo del Perú  (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism 
of Peru) 
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 provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
 3307.41.00 - "Agarbatti" and other odoriferous preparations which operate by 
burning (air fresheners only); 
 3307.49.00 - Other (air fresheners only); 
 3401.19.10 - In the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes (soap only); 
 3401.19.90 - Other (soap only); 
 3402.20.00 - Preparations put up for retail sale (household detergents, 
dishwashing products, kitchen cleaners, pre-wash products, bleaches (for clothing 
and household cleaning), stain removers (for clothing and household cleaning) and surface cleaners (excluding disinfecting products) only; 
 3402.90.91 - Surface-active preparations  based on sodium nonyloxybenzene 
sulphonate (household detergents, dishwashing products and surface cleaners 
(excluding disinfecting products) only; 
 3402.90.99 - Other (household detergents, dishwashing products, kitchen cleaners, 
pre-wash products, bleaches (for clothing and household cleaning), stain 
removers (for clothing and household cleaning) and surface cleaners (excluding disinfecting products) only); 
 3405.40.00 - Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations 
(kitchen cleaners only); 
 3809.91.00 - Of a kind used in the textile or like industries (fabric softeners and 
pre-ironing products only); 
 9619.00.10 - Napkins and napkin liners for babies; 
 9619.00.20 - Sanitary towels and tampons; 
 9619.00.90 - Other (napkins for adults only). G/TBT/N/BOL/1 • G/TBT/N/COL/203 • G/TBT/N/ECU/250 • G/TBT/N/PER/57 
 
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  5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
reglamento técnico andino de especificaciones técnicas mínimas para productos de 
higiene doméstica y productos absorbentes de higiene personal  (Draft Andean Technical 
Regulation establishing minimum technical specifications for domestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products) (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the minimum 
technical specifications and the administrative and conformity assessment procedures for 
domestic hygiene products and absorbent person al hygiene products that are marketed in 
the territories of the Andean Community member countries, with a view to protecting the health of product users by minimizing health risks. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Prevention of practices that may endanger human life and safety or mislead 
users. 
8. Relevant documents: To be determined. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   - 
- 
10. Final date for comments: 31 July 2014 
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:  
http://www.comunidadandina.or g/reglamentos/sirt.htm 
http://www.mincetur.gob.p e/reglamentostecnicos 
Address, telephone and fax numbers an d email and website addresses, if 
available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo 
MINCETUR Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 
Urb. Corpac 
Lima 27 Perú 
Tel.: (+51 -1) 513 -6100, Ext. 8022 
Fax: (+51 -1) 513 -6100, Ext. 8002 Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
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