. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARG/75 
10 June 2005 
 (05-2425) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ARGENTINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health Policy, Regula tion and Relations and Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Dairy products.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Measure to 
Establish the Health and Hygiene Requirements to be Complied with by Dairy Products in 
Order to be Marketed in the Argentine Re public (available in Spanish, 179 pages).  
6. Description of content:  Draft resolution by which the Ministry of Health Policy, 
Regulation and Relations and the Ministry of  Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food 
replace and incorporate articles in the Argentin e Food Code in order to establish health and 
hygiene requirements for dairy pro ducts.  The requirements include:   sensory attributes, 
toxic metals, toxic substances, microbial toxins , antimicrobial residues, pesticide residues, 
additives, etc. 
 It also sets requirements concerning dairy product identification and quality.    This will involve the amendment of Ar ticles 553, 555, 556, 560 bis, 562, 567, 570, 
571, 572, 572 bis, 573, 573 bis, 574, 576, 577 ter,  582 bis, 582 ter, 582 quater, 583, 584, 585, 
587, 588, 589, 590, 592, 596, 602, 605, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 
620 bis, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 630 bis, 631, 632, 632 bis, 633, 
634, 635, 636, 637, 637 bis, 638, 639, 640, 641, 641 bis and 642;  the repeal of Articles 568, 569, 569 bis, 570 bis, 593, 593 bis, 594, 594 bis, 595, 597, 599, 600, 606, 607, 608, 609 and 613 bis and the incorporation of Articles 553 bi s, 555 bis, 556 ter, 556 quater, 567 bis, 603, 
611 bis, 617 bis, 618 bis, 632 ter, 632 quater, 633  bis, 633 ter, 633 quater and 640 bis of the 
Argentine Food Code.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests        
 
 
 
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 8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft Joint 
Resolution by the Ministry of Health Policy, Regulation and Relations and the Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food (a vailable in Spanish).  Once adopted the 
Resolution will be published in the Boletín Oficial  (Official Journal).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days after publication in the Boletín Oficial.  
12. Final date for comments:  17 July 2005.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:        
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
http://www.conal.gov. ar/CONAL/proyectos _resolucion.asp