. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/21 
17 December 2008 
 (08-6185) 
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 Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Industry and Trade) 
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:  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Centro de Referencia de la OMC  
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales  
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
WTO Reference Centre Directorate of Multilateral Economic Organizations) 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores 
Palma casi 15 de Agosto Nº 594 
Asunción, Paraguay Tel.: +(595) 2149 3657 E-mail: girala@mre.gov.py;  snin@mre.gov.py;  snin@mic.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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Switches for fixed 
electrical installations. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución "Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre  Interruptores para Instalaciones 
Eléctricas Fijas"  (Draft Resolution "MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on Switches for 
Fixed Electrical Installations") (10 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The notified draft text applies to manually operated AC switches 
with a rated voltage not exceeding 440 V and a rated current not exceeding 63 A, for indoor 
and outdoor fixed electrical installations.  For switches with screwless terminals, the rated current is limited to 16 A maximum.  Mark of  conformity certification is mandatory for 
these products.  This certification must be gran ted by a certification body recognized by the 
agency responsible in the country in wh ich the products are to be marketed. G/TBT/N/PRY/21 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Consumer safety. 
8. Relevant documents :  Proyecto de Resolución Nº 04/08 "Reglamento Técnico 
MERCOSUR sobre Interruptores para Instalaciones Eléctricas Fijas" (Draft 
Resolution No. 04/08 "MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on Switches for Fixed Electrical Installations") 
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 [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available, of other body:  
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN, del Mini sterio de Industria y Comercio (MIC) 
Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333 Asunción – Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21616 3284 
Fax: +(595) 21616 3084 E-mail: aromero@mic.gov.py, snin@mic.gov.py