. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/17 
1 July 2008 
 (08-3140) 
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;  info@snin.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):   Gas appliances for 
domestic use. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución "Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre Requisitos Mínimos de Seguridad y Eficiencia Energética para Artefactos Dom ésticos que utilizan Gas como Combustible"  
(Draft Resolution "MERCOSUR Technical Re gulation on Minimum Safety and Energy 
Efficiency Requirements for Gas-Fuelled Dom estic Appliances") (7 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/PRY/17 
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  6. Description of content:  The notified draft text sets forth minimum safety and energy 
efficiency requirements for gas-fuelled domestic  appliances marketed in the States parties. 
These requirements cover the following: norma l operating conditions; notices and warnings 
on the appliance itself and its packaging, worded  in the language of the State party in which 
the product is to be marketed;  technical inform ation manual for fitters;  user instructions on 
use and maintenance;  materials;  design a nd construction;  labelling.  The Regulation will 
apply in the territory of MERCOSUR States parties, to trade between these countries and to imports from outside the MERCOSUR area. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 To ensure the safety of humans, animals and goods. 
8. Relevant documents:   Proyecto Nº 02/08 "RTM sobre Requisitos Mínimos de Seguridad y 
Eficiencia Energética para Artefactos Dom ésticos que utilizan Gas como Combustible" 
(Draft text No. 02/08 "MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on Minimum Safety and Energy 
Efficiency Requirements for Gas- Fuelled Domestic Appliances")  
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) 2 1616 3284 Fax: +(595) 2 1616 3084 E-mail: aromero@mic.gov.py;  info@snin.gov.py