G/TBT/N/PRY/80  
14 August 2014  
(14-4735)  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: PARAGUAY 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Industria y Comercio , MIC (Ministry of Industry and 
Trade) 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, 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 Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
Centro de Referencia de la OMC  (WTO Reference Centre) 
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales  (Directorate of Multilateral Economic 
Organizations) 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
Palma casi 15 de Agosto Nº 594 
Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: (+595) 21-493 657 Email: snin@mre.gov.py  
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): Power 
cables with extruded insulation for rated voltages.  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico por el cual se reglamenta la fabricación, importación y 
comercialización de los cables de energía con aislamiento extruido para tensiones 
nominales  (Draft Technical Regulation concerning the manufacture, importation and 
marketing of power cables with extruded insulation for rated voltages) (12 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation seeks to establish 
mandatory certification, in line with the Type-5 certification scheme defined in Paraguayan 
Standard NP-ISO/IEC 17067, for power cables wi th extruded insulation for rated voltages 
of 1.0kV and 3.0kV that are manufactured in, imported into and marketed in Paraguay. 
Such cables must carry a certification mark indicating conformity with Paraguayan 
Standard NP 2 007 88 of December 2013 (sec ond edition): "Power cables with extruded 
insulation and their accessories for rated voltages from 1 kV (Um = 1.2 kV) up to 30 kV 
(Um = 36 kV) - Part 1: Cables for rated voltages of 1 kV (Um = 1.2 kV) and 3 kV (Um = 
3.6 kV)".  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Human safety 
8. Relevant documents: - G/TBT/N/PRY/80 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force: 2014 
10. Final date for comments: The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant comments in the 60 days following notification. 
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:  
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN , del Ministerio de Industria y Comercio , MIC 
(Coordination Unit of the National Information and Notification System of the Ministry of Industry and Trade) 
Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333 
Asunción, Paraguay Tel.: (+595) 21-616 3284 
Fax: (+595) 21-616 3084 
Email: snin@mic.gov.py  
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