. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/15 
11 January 2008 
 (08-0123) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PARAGUAY
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social , MSPyBS 
(Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare) Instituto Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición , INAN 
(National Food and Nutrition Institute) 
Ministerio de Industria y Comercio , MIC 
(Ministry of Industry and Commerce) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, E-mail and web site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Centro de Referencias OMC  (WTO Reference Centre) 
Coordinator:  Mr Gustavo Javier Irala Mendoza 
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales 
(Directorate of Multilateral Economic Organizations) 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
Presidente Franco y Ayolas, Edificio Ayfra, 6º piso, Oficina Nº 602 
Asunción, Paraguay Tel.: +(595) 21 493-646, Ext. 121 E-mail: girala@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):   Additives and the 
maximum concentration levels thereof for Food category 18. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución Nº___/07 del GMC sobre Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre "Asignación de Aditivos y sus Concentraciones Máximas para la Categoría de Alimentos 18.  Productos 
para Copetín (Snacks), Subcategorías 18.1:  Aperitivos a base de papas, cereales, harina o 
almidón, y 18.2:  Semillas oleaginosas y frutas secas procesadas, cubiertas o no"  (Draft 
Common Market Group Resolution No. ___/07 in respect of MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the determination of additives and the maximum concentr ation levels thereof 
for Food category 18:  Snacks, Subcategories 18. 1:  Potato-, cereal-, flour- and starch-based 
appetizers, and 18.2:  Processed oilseeds and nut s, whether or not shelled) (2 pages, in 
Spanish). G/TBT/N/PRY/15 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft MERCOSUR Technical Regulation concerns 
the determination of additives and the maxi mum concentration levels thereof for Food 
category 18:  Snacks, Subcategories 18.1:  Potato-, cereal-, flour- and starch-based 
appetizers, and 18.2:  Processed oilseeds a nd nuts, whether or not shelled.  MERCOSUR 
technical regulations seek to eliminate barrier s resulting from differences between existing 
national regulations in order to comply with the provisions of the Treaty of Asunción. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 The harmonization of technical regulations , with a view to eliminating barriers 
resulting from differences between  existing national regulations. 
8. Relevant documents:   Common Market Council Decisi on No. 20/02 and Common Market 
Group Resolutions Nos. 38/98 and 56/02. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }- 
10. Final date for comments:   The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant comment s in the 60 days following notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and web site add resses, if available, of other body: 
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN del Mini sterio de Industria y Comercio (MIC): 
Contact person:  Aida Romero 
Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333 Asunción, Paraguay Tel.:  +(595) 21 616-3180 Fax: +(595) 21 616-3084 
E-mail: snin@mic.gov.py 
 aromero@mic.gov.py