G/TBT/N/ARG/340  
9 August 2018  
(18-5048) 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 : Secretaría de Comercio  (Secretariat of 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 indicated if different from above:  
Enquiry point (See section 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) : Steel wire 
ropes ; Steel wire, wire ropes and link chains (ICS 77.140.65)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución "Requisitos técnicos de calidad y seguridad que deben cumplir los cables de 
acero . Certificación"  (Draft Resolution "Technical quality and safety requirements for steel 
wire ropes . Certification") (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution establishe s the technical quality and 
safety requirements, in accordance with ISO 2408, for steel wire ropes marketed within 
the territory of the Argentine Republic.  
The measure will apply to the products covered by the ISO standard indicated, except steel 
wire cabl es for the fishing and petroleum and gas industries.  
Domestic manufacturers and importers shall ensure compliance with the established 
technical requirements through the certification of the aforementioned products, in 
accordance with the procedure establi shed in the draft text.  
Once it enters into force, the notified measure will be implemented according to the time 
frame set out therein.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health and safety ; Quality requirements ; Appropriate 
guidance for consumers, users and marketers through the identification of certified 
products.  G/TBT/N/ARG/340  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Updated and consolidated reference texts  
 Resolución ex SICyM N° 799/1999 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000 -
64999/60905/norma.htm ; 
 Resolución ex SDCyC N° 237/2000  
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/verNorma.do?id=64739 ; 
 Resolución ex SCT N° 197/2004 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/100000 -
104999/102759/norma.htm . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not indicated  
Proposed date of entry into force : Upon publication in the Official Journal of the 
Argentine Re public  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
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)  
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio Interior y Competencia  (Directorate of Domestic Trade 
Policies and Competition)  
Avda. Julio A. R oca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB)  
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires  
Tel.: (+54) 11 4349 4067  
Email: focalotc@mecon.gob.ar  
Website: http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/  
Text available at:  
http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/  
http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/ARG/18_4287_00_s.pdf