G/TBT/N/PER/95  
 
9 June 2017  
(17-3096) 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  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros  (Presidency of the Council of 
Ministers)  
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 f rom above:  Ministerio de 
Comercio Exterior y Turismo , MINCETUR (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism)  
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 ta riff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   
1108.12.00.00:  Maize (corn) starch.  
1201.00.90.00:  Soya beans, whether or not broken, other than for sowing.  
1205.10.90.00:  Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, other than for sowin g. 
1205.90.90.00:  Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing.  
1207.20.90.00:  Cotton seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing.  
1208.10.00.00:  Flours and meals of soya beans.  
1209.10.00.00:  Sugar beet seed.  
1212.91.00.00:  Sugar beet.  
1214.90.00.00:  Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, clover, sainfoin, forage kale, 
lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form 
of pellets.  
1302.19.20.00:  Soya-bean extract, whether or not in powder.  
1507.10.00.00:  Crude soya -bean oil, whether or not degummed.  
1507.90.10.00:  Refined soya -bean oil, containing added denaturalizing substances not 
exceeding 1 %. 
1507.90.90.00:  Soya-bean oil, refined, other than containing added denaturalizing 
substances not exceeding 1 %. 
1512.21.00.00:  Crude cotton -seed oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed.  
1512.29.00.00:  Other cotton -seed oil, other than crude, whether or not gossypol has 
been removed.  
1514.11.00.00:  Low erucic acid rape or colza oil, crude.  
1514.19.00.00:  Other low  erucic acid rape or colza oil, other than crude.  
1515.21.00.00:  Maize (corn) oil, crude.  
1515.29.00.00:  Maize (corn) oil, other than crude.  
1701.12.00.00:  Raw beet sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter.  
1701.91.00.00:  Refined cane or b eet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, 
containing added flavouring or colouring matter.  
1701.99.90.00:  Other cane or beet sugar, in solid form.  
2005.80.00.00:  Sweet corn ( Zea mays var. saccharata ) prepared or preserved 
otherwise than by vine gar or acetic acid, not frozen.  
2103.10.00.00:  Soya sauce.  G/TBT/N/PER/95  
 
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  2106.10.11.00:  Soya protein concentrate, containing 65 % to 75 % protein on a dry 
basis.  
3203.00.16.00:  Colouring matter of purple maize/corn (anthocyanin).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s)  of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
Reglamento sobre etiquetado de alimentos genéticamente modificados (Draft Regulation  
on the labelling of genetically modified foods ) (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The notified d raft Regulation establish es the rules governing 
the labelling of packaged foods , domestically produced and imported , that contain  
genetically modified  ingredients  and are  available to consumer s at points of final sale in 
the national territory . It seeks to  protect consumers'  right to information , pursuant to 
Article  37 of Law No. 29571  (Consumer Protection and Defence Code ).   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of practices likely to mislead consumers  
8. Relevant  documents:  Ley N° 29571, Código de Protección y Defensa del Consumidor  
(Law No. 29571: Consumer Protection and Defence Code ). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: - 
Proposed date of entry into force: 18 months after publication in the Official Journal 
El Peruan o 
10. Final date for comments:  6 September 2017  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Ministerio de Comercio Exter ior y Turismo,  MINCETU R 
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50, Urb. Corpac, Lima 27,  Perú 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 o r 1239 
E-mail: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
Website:  
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/index.aspx  
http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/reglamentostecnicos  
http://www.indec opi.gob.pe  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/PER/17_2626_00_s.pdf