G/TBT/N/GTM/84  
19 February 2014  
(14-1023)  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:  GUATEMALA 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Economía , MINECO (Ministry of the Economy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Dirección de Política Comercial Externa  (Directorate of Foreign Trade Policy) 
Departamento de Integración Económica  (Economic Integration Department) 
8ª. Ave. 10-43, Zona 1, 4º. Nivel Tel.: +502 2412-0200, Ext. 4320 
Email: rclaveria@mineco.gob.gt  
Website: 
http://www.mineco.gob.gt/Presen tacion/ExplorarDirectorio.as px?titulo=TituloIntegracionE
conomica&subtitulo=Sistema+de+Integraci%u00f3n+Centroamericana&llaveExploracion=
Integraci%u00f3n+Centroamericana&Resoluciones+COMIECO 
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 where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.100.01 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  RTCA 
67.04.70:14, Productos Lácteos. Quesos. Especificaciones (Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.70:14: Milk prod ucts. Cheese. Specifications) (8 pages, 
in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation lays down the general 
requirements to be met by cheese, as defined in Section 4 thereof. It applies to cheese for direct human consumption or further processing in the territory of the States Parties. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Food safety 
8. Relevant documents:  This Technical Regulation is a partial adoption of 
CODEX STAN 283-1978: "Codex General Standard for Cheese". 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days as from the date of notification G/TBT/N/GTM/84 
- 2 - 
  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: 
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social 
Dirección General de Regulación, Vigilancia y Control de la Salud Departamento de Regulación y Control de Alimentos 3ª. Calle Final 2-10, Zona 15, Col. Valles de Vista Hermosa 
Tel.: +502 PBX 2502-2502 
Email: stephaniewittig_@hotmail.com  and lucas.karlam@gmail.com  
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Política Comercial Externa 
Departamento de Integración Económica 8ª. Ave. 10-43, Zona 1, 4º. Nivel 
Tele.: +502 2412-0200, Ext. 4320 
Email: rclaveria@mineco.gob.gt  
Website: 
http://www.mineco.gob.gt/Presen tacion/ExplorarDirectorio.as px?titulo=TituloIntegracionE
conomica&subtitulo=Sistema+de+Integraci%u00f3n+Centroamericana&llaveExploracion=
Integraci%u00f3n+Centroamericana&Resoluciones+COMIECO