G/TBT/N/PER/63
19 November 2014
(14-6762)  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): All 
prepackaged products. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
norma metrológica peruana PNMP 001 2014, Requisitos para el etiquetado de productos 
preenvasados  (Draft Peruvian Metrology Standard (PNMP) No. 001 2014, Labelling 
requirements for prepackaged products) (16 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Peruvian Metrology Standard specifies the 
labelling requirements for prepackaged products with a constant nominal content in 
respect of: the identity of the product; the name and place of business of the 
manufacturer, packer, distributor, importer or retailer, and the net quantity of the product. 
Prepackaged products, unless subject to other specific laws or regulations, must be 
labelled in accordance with this draft Peruvian Metrology Standard before being offered for 
retail sale. 
This draft Peruvian Metrology Standard does not cover existing national regulations 
established for reasons of health, safety or tax, or for other purposes such as date limit for 
sale or use, storage temperature, etc.; howe ver, such labelling should be taken into 
account as appropriate. Declarations of ingredients on package labels or nutritional information on food products, whether compulsory or not, are also not covered by this 
draft Peruvian Metrology Standard. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified text reflects the need to replace Peruvian Metrology Standard No. 
001: 1995, "Packaged products. Labelling", 3rd edition, which was based on International Recommendation of the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) R 79, 
"Information on package labels", and to adopt the new edition of OIML International 
Recommendation R 79: 1997, "Labeling requirements for prepackaged products". G/TBT/N/PER/63 
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  8. Relevant documents: International Recommendation of the International Organization of 
Legal Metrology (OIML) R 79, 1997 edition, "Labeling requirements for prepackaged 
products". 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 180 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal El 
Peruano . 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 calendar days after publication in the Official 
Journal El Peruano . 
10. Final date for comments: 9 February 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 Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8022 
Fax: (+51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8002 Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/index.aspx 
http://www.mincetur.gob.p e/reglamentostecnicos 
http://www.indecopi.gob.pe/ 
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