G/TBT/N/PER/66
15 January 2015
(15-0270)  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: PERU 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección 
de la Propiedad Intelectual - Servicio Nacional de Metrología  (National Institute for the 
Defence of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property - National Metrology Service) 
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 Comercio Exterior y Turismo (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism) 
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): 
9025.19.90.00: Other electric or electronic instruments, thermometers and pyrometers, 
not combined with other instruments. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
norma metrológica peruana PNMP 020 2014, "Termómetros eléctricos clínicos con dispositivo de máxima"  (Draft Peruvian Metrology Standard (PNMP) No. 020 2014, "Clinical 
electrical thermometers with a maximu m device") (38 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft standard specifies the metrological and 
technical requirements for clinical electrical thermometers with a maximum device. Such 
instruments are designed to measure human or animal body temperature. They indicate a 
maximum temperature measured after a steady state is reached or predicted after a time 
specific to the design of the instrument. Until the maximum temperature is indicated, the 
actual temperatures may be indicated by the thermometer. 
The measuring range of clinical temperature covered shall be a minimum of 35.5°C to 
42.0°C, which is consistent with the range specified by International Recommendation 
OIML R 7, "Clinical thermometers, mercury-in -glass with maximum device". Two accuracy 
classes, class I and class II, are covered by this draft standard. 
This draft standard applies to battery-powered instruments that provide a digital indication 
of temperature. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The establishment of the requirements and verification method for clinical 
electrical thermometers with a maximum device will enable these measuring instruments, which are widely used by Peruvian families, to be subject to metrological controls, with a 
view to protecting the health of Peruvian consumers. G/TBT/N/PER/66 
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  8. Relevant documents: International Recommendation OIML R 115, 1995 Edition, "Clinical 
electrical thermometers with maximum device". 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Six months after publication in the Official Journal El 
Peruano . 
Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after publication in the Official Journal El 
Peruano . 
10. Final date for comments: 7 April 2015 
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 Comercio Exterior y Turismo - MINCETUR 
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 
Urb. Corpac 
Lima 27 Perú 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8040 
Fax: (+51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8002 Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
Website: http://www.mincetur.gob.p e/reglamentostecnicos  
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/index.aspx 
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