G/TBT/N/ARG/423  
19 July 2021 
(21-5686) 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 : ARGENTINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : SECRETARIO DE COMERCIO INTERIOR  (Secretar y of Domestic 
Trade)  
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 indicat ed if different from above : See point 11.  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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) : Sanitary 
fixtures and fittings  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución "Marco que establece los requisitos esenciales de calidad y seguridad que 
deben cumplir los artefactos sanitarios y sus accesorios, de instalación permanente o 
transitoria, que se comercialicen en el territorio de la República Argentina"  (Draft 
Resolution "Framework establishing the basic quality and safety requirements to be met 
by sanitary fixtures and fittings, ins talled permanently or temporarily, marketed in the 
Argentine Republic") (6 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution constitutes the regulatory 
framework establishing the basic quality and safety requirements to be met by  sanitary 
fixtures and fittings, installed permanently or temporarily, marketed in the Argentine 
Republic . 
The notified measure will establish specific technical regulations and conformity 
assessment procedures for each product in the relevant category, pr ovided that such 
products have the characteristics required, based on the guidelines set out in this 
regulatory framework.  
Domestic manufacturers and importers of the products covered by the notified measure 
will be responsible for ensuring compliance with  the technical requirements and 
conformity assessment procedures established, as well as with those to be established by 
the specific regulations.  
The National Technical Regulation Directorate is empowered to lay down the measures 
necessary to interpret, c larify and implement the provisions of the draft Resolution and 
to provide clarifications relating to the products excluded from this regulation.  
The sanitary fixtures and fittings, installed permanently or temporarily, that are covered 
by the notified mea sure are currently included within the regulatory framework 
established by Secretariat of Trade (SC) Resolution No. 21/2018 (G/TBT/N/ARG/344).  G/TBT/N/ARG/423  
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  Accordingly, Article 2 of SC Resolution No. 21/2018 has been amended to exclude from 
its scope those products that shall fall under the new framework . This amendment is 
notified separately in document G/TBT/N/ARG/344/Add.4.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of  deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
Law No. 24.240  
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/0 -4999/638/texact.htm  
Necessity and Urgency Decree (DNU) N o. 274/2019  
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/320000 -
324999/322236/norma.htm  
SC Resolution No. 21/2019 (G/TBT/N/ARG/344)  
http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/notific_otros_miembros/Arg/344_t.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption Not indicated  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not indicated  
10. Final date for comments : Not indicated  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Punto Focal de la República Argentina  (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic)  
Subsecretaría de Políticas para el Mercado Interno (Under -Secretariat for Domestic 
Market Policies)  
Dirección Nacional de Reglamentos Técnicos  (National Technical Regulation Directorate)  
Avda. Julio A. R oca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB)  
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires  
Tel.: (+54) 11 4349 4067  
Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/formularios/notific_ arg.php  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/ARG/21_4754_00_s.pdf