. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PER/21 
2 October 2008 
 (08-4669) 
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:   PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Salud , MINSA (Ministry of Health) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 
Comercio Exterior y Turismo, MINCETUR  (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism) 
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): 
2106909000: Other food preparations (compound al coholic preparations, other than those 
which are non-alcoholic);  2203:  Beer made  from malt;  2204:  Wine of fresh grapes, 
including fortified wines; grape must other th an that of heading 20.09; 2205:  Vermouth and 
other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plan ts or aromatic substances;  2206:  Other 
fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry , mead); mixtures of fermented beverages 
and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-al coholic beverages, not  elsewhere specified 
or included; 2207100000:  Undenatured ethyl alc ohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 
80 % vol or higher; 2208:  Undenatured ethyl al cohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 
less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento de la Ley 28681, “Ley que regula la comercialización, consumo y publicidad 
de bebidas alcohólicas”  (Draft Regulation to Law No. 28681, "Law regulating the 
marketing, consumption and adve rtising of alcoholic beverages") (8 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft technical regulation contains eight titles, 
twenty-eight articles, and one final supplementary provision, covering regulatory aspects and procedures for regulating the marketing, consumption and adver tising of alcoholic 
beverages.  It also includes provisions on labelling. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of human health and prevention of misleading practices. G/TBT/N/PER/21 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Publication in which approved regulat ion will appear:  Official Journal El Peruano . 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined 
Six months after official publication 
10. Final date for comments:  23 December 2008 
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: 
http://www.comunidadandina.org/SIRT  
http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/reglamentostecnicos  
 National Notification Authority 
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo - MINCETUR 
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac Lima 27, Perú Tel.: +(51 1) 513 6100, Ext. 8040 
Fax: +(51 1) 513 6100, Ext. 8002 
E-mail: otc@mincetur.gob.pe 
or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available, of 
other body:  
Ministerio de Salud - MINSA Dirección General de Salud Ambiental (DIGESA) 
Dirección de Higiene Alimentaria y Zoonosis Calle Las Ampolas 350- Lince Lima 14, Perú Tel.: +(51) 1 442 8353 / 442 8356, Ext. 123  
Fax: +(51) 1 4428353, Ext. 204  
E-mail:  pramirez@digesa.minsa.gob.pe and 
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