G/TBT/N/ARG/297  
2 November 2015  
(15-5785)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Secretaría de Comercio  (Secretariat of 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: Enquiry point 
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): Low-voltage 
electrical products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Régimen para la 
certificación obligatoria del cumplimiento de los requisitos esenciales de seguridad para los 
productos eléctricos de baja tensión que se comercializan en el país  (Regime governing the 
mandatory certification of compliance with the essential safety requirements for low-voltage electrical products marketed in Argentina) (19 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified text stems from the restructuring and unification of 
existing legislation on the certification of low-voltage electrical products. 
Its purpose is to: 
 reformulate certain requirements so as to rationalize the implementation of the 
regime and adapt it to market changes; 
 amend the universe of products which, when used professionally or by electrical 
safety experts, may be subject to alternative means of compliance with the safety requirements; 
 establish criteria for forming families of products, with a view to the issuing of a 
certificate for each of these families; 
 establish a single certificate format for each of the authorized modalities; 
 establish new guidelines for the monitoring of certified products by certification 
bodies. 
In this light, the text expressly repeals the following resolutions: SICyM Resolution ( Resolución ) No. 92/1998: 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=49285  
SICyM Resolution No. 618/1999: 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=59641  
SCDyDC Resolution No. 76/2002 (G/TBT/N/ARG/78): 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=80800  
SCT Resolution No. 96/2003 (G/TBT/N/ARG/149): 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=90244  G/TBT/N/ARG/297 
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  SCT Resolution No. 198/2004 (G/TBT/N/ARG/78/Add.1): 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infoleg Internet/verNorma.do?id=102755 
It also expressly ratifies the following provisions: 
DNCI Provision ( Disposición ) No. 736/1999: 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=58470  
DNCI Provision No. 1139/1999: 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=61327  
DNCI Provision No. 178/2000 (G/TBT/Notif.00/228): 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=62353  
DNCI Provision No. 613/2003 (G/TBT/N/ARG/126): 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=86878  
DNCI Provision No. 428/2007 (G/TBT/N/ARG/126/Add.1): 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=131548  
DNCI Provision No. 398/2011: 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=185996  
DNCI Provision No. 316/2014 (G/TBT/N/ARG/78/Add.3): 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=238968  
Articles 12, 28, 29, 34, 35, 41 and 42 of the notified text provide details regarding entry 
into force. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Human safety; modification and updating of existing legislation. 
8. Relevant documents:  
SICyM Resolution No. 524/1998 (G/TBT/Notif.99/497): 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=52535  
DNCI Provision No. 963/1999: 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=60168  
SCT Resolution No. 197/2004 (G/TBT/ARG/163/Add.1): 
http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infol egInternet/verNorma.do?id=102759  
SC Resolution No. 404/2015 (G/TBT/ARG/294): 
http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/notific_otros_miembros/arg294_t.pdf   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 22 October 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 21 November 2015 (see end of point 6)  
10. Final date for comments: - 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Punto Focal OTC-OMC de la República Argentina 
Dirección Nacional de Comercio Interior 
Avda. Julio A. Roca 651, Piso 4°, Sector 2 (C1067ABB) 
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Tel.: 54 11 4349 4067 Fax: 54 11 4349 4072 
Email: focalotc@mecon.gov.ar  
Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov .ar/notific_otros_miembros/arg297_t.pdf 
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