G/TBT/N/PER/45  
30 April 2013  
(13-2285)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria, SENASA - Ministerio de 
Agricultura  (National Agrarian Health Service - Ministry of Agriculture) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail 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 , MINCETUR (Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Tourism) 
3. Notified under Arti cle 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
0709.20.00.00 Asparagus, fresh or chilled; 
0710.80.10.00 Asparagus, frozen; 
0803.10.10.00 Plantains, fresh; 0803.10.20.00 Plantains, dried; 0803.90.11.00 "Cavendish Valery" bananas, fresh; 
0803.90.12.00 "Lady Finger" or "Sugar" bananas ( Musa acuminata ), fresh; 
0803.90.19.00 Other bananas, fresh; 0803.90.20.00 Bananas, dried; 
0901.11.10.00 Coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinated, for sowing; 
0901.11.90.00 Coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinated, other than for sowing; 0901.12.00.00 Coffee, not roasted, decaffeinated; 
0901.21.10.00 Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated, whole-bean; 
0901.21.20.00 Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated, ground; 0901.22.00.00 Coffee, roasted, decaffeinated; 0901.90.00.00 Coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any 
proportion; 
1008.50.10.00 Quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa ), for sowing; 
1008.50.90.00 Other quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa ); 
1008.90.20.00 Amaranth or Kiwicha ( Amaranthus caudatus ); 
1106.30.10.00 Flour, meal and powder of bananas or plantains; 
 1801.00.11.00 Cocoa beans, raw, for sowing; 
1801.00.19.00 Cocoa beans, raw, other than for sowing; 
1801.00.20.00 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, roasted; 1802.00.00.00 Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste.  G/TBT/N/PER/45 
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  5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico de la Producción Orgánica  (Draft Technical Regulation on organic 
production) (41 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the rules 
and procedures governing the responsibilities of the National Agrarian Health Service 
(SENASA) as regards organic production, in order to ensure control in this area at national level and to guarantee the integrity of organic products placed on the national 
and international markets, in accordance with Law No. 29196 on the promotion of organic 
and ecological production. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To contribute to the protection of human health and the environment and 
to prevent practices that could mislead consumers of organic products. 
8. Relevant documents:  To be determined. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   - - 
10. Final date for comments:  22 July 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, 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. 8040 Fax: (+51) 1 513-6100, Ext. 8002 
E-mail: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
Website: http://www.comunidadandina.org/SIRT  
 http://www.mincetur.gob.p e/reglamentostecnicos  
 http://www.minag.gob.pe  
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/TBT/PER/13_1677_00_s.pdf