G/TBT/N/PER/111  
22 February 2019  
(19-1039) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria , SENASA (National Agrarian 
Health Service)  
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:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo , MINCETUR (Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Tourism)  
Calle Uno Oeste N° 050 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 or 1239  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
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) : Organic 
agricultural products ; Sections I to IV of the Harmonized System, excluding Chapters 3 
and 16.  
Live animals (HS 01), Meat and edible meat offal (HS 02), Dairy produce ; birds' eggs ; 
natural hon ey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS 
04), Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS 05), Live trees and 
other plants ; bulbs, roots and the like ; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS 06), Edible 
vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS 07), Edible fruit and nuts ; peel of citrus fruit 
or melons (HS 08), Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS 09).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento de 
Certificación y Fiscalización de la Producción Orgánica  (Regulation on Certification and 
Oversight of Organic Production). (31 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text addresses the certification and oversight 
process for organic production ; conditions on organic group operators (internal control 
systems) ; conditions, requirements and obligations of certification bodies (certification 
authorities and the Participatory Guarantee System) ; use of the national organic seal ; 
marketing of organic product s; violations and penalties and other matters.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; To establish procedures and re quirements for authorization of 
certification bodies and oversight so as to ensure the organic nature of products referred to 
as organic, "bio" or eco -friendly on the domestic and external markets.  G/TBT/N/PER/111  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Decreto Legislativo N° 1451 que fortalece el funcionamiento de las entidades del 
gobierno nacional, del gobierno regional o gobierno local, a través de precisiones 
de sus competencias, regulaciones y funciones.  
• Ley N° 29196, Ley de Promoción de la Producción Orgánica o Ecológica.  
• Decreto  Supremo N° 010 -2012-AG, Reglamento de la Ley N° 29196, Ley de 
Promoción de la Producción Orgánica o Ecológica.  
• Decreto Supremo N° 044 -2006-AG, Reglamento Técnico para los Productos 
Orgánicos.  
• Decreto Supremo N° 061 -2006-AG, Establecen el Registro Nacional  de Organismos 
de Certificación de la Producción Orgánica.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months following publication in the Official 
Journal, El Peruano . 
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:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo , MINCETUR  (Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Tourism)  
Calle Uno Oeste N° 050 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 or 1239  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/index.aspx  
http://consultasenlinea.mincetur.gob.pe/notificaciones/Publico/FrmBuscador.aspx  
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