. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/1 
28 November 2006 
 
 (06-5724) 
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 Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
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 Presidente Franco y Ayolas, Edificio Ayfra 6º piso, Oficina Nº 602 Asunción 
Paraguay 
Tel.:  +595 (21) 493646, extension 121 E-mail:  girala@mre.gov.py 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 2.10.1 [ X  ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [ X  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Reglamento Técnico 
MERCOSUR para la Indicación Cuantitativa de  Cosméticos (Derogación de la RES.GMC 
N° 50/00)  (MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on th e Quantitative Indication of Cosmetics 
(Repeal of GMC Resolution No.50/00)). 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Grupo Mercado Comun del MERCOSUR (Draft MERCOSUR Common 
Market Group Resolution) (2 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The document concerned is a draft MERCOSUR Technical 
Regulation on the quantitative indication of cosmetics.  The quantitative indication of cosmetic personal hygiene and toiletry products wh ich are marketed in solid or powder form 
must be expressed in legal mass units, their multiples and submultiples.  Products traded in 
any other form must express their quantitativ e indication in legal volume units, their 
multiples and submultiples.  (Repeals GMC Resolution No.50/00). G/TBT/N/PRY/1 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 The quantitative indication of cosmetics must  be defined in order to facilitate trade 
between countries, eliminate technical barriers that may constitute obstacles to trade, and 
ensure consumer protection. 
8. Relevant documents:   GMC Resolutions Nos. 23/98, 38/98 and 56/02. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
Upon publication in the Official Journal 
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 and E-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN del Mini sterio de Industria y Comercio (MIC) 
Director:  Ms Aída 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