. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PER/41 
27 August 2012 
 (12-4623) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PERU 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Salud , MINSA  (Ministry of Health) 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, 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 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):  
6812991000:  Fabricated asbestos fibres;  mixtur es with a basis of asbestos or with a basis 
of asbestos and magnesium carbonate. 
6812930000:  Compressed asbestos fibre jointing, in sheets or rolls. 
Construction:  Structural fireproofing;  fal se ceiling panels;  fibre cement pipes for water 
and for smoke evacuation;  soundproofing pane ls;  fibre cement panels for roofs and 
dividing walls;  heat insulation panels;  road surfacing materials;  joint compound and tiles;  
paint and plastic materials;  brai ded sleeving for pipe insulation. 
Industry:  Friction material for lifts;  textile  asbestos material:  industrial and commercial 
felt, fire-resistant fabrics, heat protection clot hing;  electrical insulation material;  beverage 
filters;  gas transport filters;  asb estos-reinforced plastic and rubber. 
Transport:  Friction material;  brake pads;  drum brakes;  clutch discs. Railway and underground:  Carriage and window insulation;  electrical system insulation;  
electric radiator insulation. 
Boats:  Insulation for the hold;  engine rooms;  hot water pipes. Other uses:  Electrical and nuclear power sta tions, insulation for i ndustrial ovens, boilers, 
laboratory turbines and grilles, and porous filling material for acetylene cylinders. 
Products for public consumption:  Hairdrye rs, catalytic stoves, ironing board covers, 
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento de la Ley N° 29662 - Ley que Prohíbe el Asbesto Anfíboles y Regula el Uso del 
Asbeto Crisotilo  (Draft Regulation to Law No. 29662 - Law prohibiting amphibole asbestos 
and regulating the use of chrysotile asbestos) (17 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation contains six titles, three sub-chapters, 
one final supplementary provision and four a nnexes, and establishes rules and procedures 
for bringing into effect the ban on amphibole asbestos and the provisions regulating the use 
of chrysotile asbestos established in Law No. 29662.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life and health. 
8. Relevant documents: 
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948); - Decision No. 584:  Instrumento Andino de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo  
(Andean Occupational Safety and Health Instrument) (2004); 
- Seventy International Conventions that ha ve been ratified by Peru since 1919 as a 
Member of the International Labour Organization (ILO); 
- ILO Convention No. 162. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  - 
Six months after publication in the Official Gazette 
of the Cartagena Agreement ( Gaceta Oficial del 
Acuerdo de Cartagena ). 
10. Final date for comments:   18 November 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the 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.mincetur.gob.pe/reglamentostecnicos and  
 www.comunidadandina.org/sirt  
and 
Ministerio de Salud - Dirección General de Salud Ambiental 
Tel.: (+51) 1 221-5077 E-mail: digesa@digesa.gob.pe ; bausejo@digesa.minsa.gob.pe ; 
 webmaster@minsa.gob.pe  
Website: http://www.minsa.gob.pe/transparencia/dge_normas.asp ; 
 http://www.minsa.gob.pe/portada/docconsulta.asp  
Also available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/PER/12_3393_00_s.pdf