G/TBT/N/PRY/72  
27 November 2013  
(13-6486)  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 teleph one and fax numbers and email and  
website addresses, if availa ble) of agency or author ity designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent from above:  
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): 
Optical fibre and unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cables (HS tariff heading 9001) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto 
de Reglamento Técnico para la fabricación, importación y comercialización de los cables de fibra óptica y UTP  (Draft Technical Regulation on the manufacture, importation 
and marketing of optical fibre and uns hielded twisted pair (UTP) cables) 
(10 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The aim of the notified draft Technical Regulation is to establish 
mandatory mark of conformity certification or product batch certification for single-mode and multi-mode optical fibre cables (individually sheathed and/or bundled) and UTP cables manufactured in, imported into or marketed in Paraguay. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer protection 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Ley Nº 904/63 "Que establece las funciones del Ministerio de Industria y Comercio", 
modificado y ampliado por la Ley Nº 2961/06 (Law No. 904/63 establishing the 
responsibilities of the Ministry of Indust ry and Trade, as amended and expanded by 
Law No. 2.961/06); 
- Ley Nº 1.334/98 "De Defensa del Consumidor y del Usuario", ampliado por la 
Ley Nº 2.340/2003 (Law No. 1.334/98 on consumer and user protection, G/TBT/N/PRY/72 
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  expanded by Law No. 2.340/2003). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   2013 
2013 
10. Final date for comments: The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant comments in the 30 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 
Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (MIC) Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333 Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: +595 21 616-3284 
Fax: +595 21 616-3084 Email: snin@mic.gov.py  
Text also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/PRY/13_3328_00_s.pdf