. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/4 
16 January 2007 
 (07-0205) 
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) 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Presidente Franco y Ayolas Edificio Ayfra, 6º piso, Oficina Nº 602  
Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21 493-646, ext. 121 E-mail: girala@mre.gov.py 
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:  
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):   Agricultural pesticides 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Resolución del 
SENAVE N° 446, del 29 de diciembre de 2006 "Por la  cual se aprueba y ordena la puesta en 
vigencia del Reglamento para el control de  plaguicidas de uso agrícola del SENAVE"  
(Resolution No. 446 of 29 December 2006 of the National Plant and Seed  Quality and Health 
Service (SENAVE) approving and ordering the entry into force of the SENAVE Regulation 
on the control of agricultural pesticides) (140 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Resolution establ ishes the new Regulation on the 
control of agricultural pesticides, in line with the implementation of the regional standards for phytosanitary products of the Southe rn Cone Plant Health Committee ( Comité de Sanidad 
Vegetal del Cono Sur , COSAVE). G/TBT/N/PRY/4 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
 
 Ensure pesticide quality and efficiency and thereby contribute to sustainable agricultural production from the point of vi ew of protection of human health and the 
environment. 
8. Relevant documents:   Ley 2459/04 por la cual crea el Servicio Nacional de Calidad y 
Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas (SENAVE)  (Law No. 2459/04 creating the National Plant and 
Seed Quality and Health Service), which authoriz es this institution to establish the technical 
regulations for conducting within  national territory any activity  related to matters falling 
within its sphere of competence (available in Spanish). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   29 December 2006 
2 January 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and web site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN del Mini sterio de Industria y Comercio (MIC) 
Contact person:  Aida 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 
Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas (SENAVE) 
Secretaría de Relaciones Internacionales Humaita 145 entre Independencia Nacion al y Nuestra Señora de la Asunción 
Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21 441-491 / 21 445-769 E-mail: agr oquimicos@senave.gov.py 
 relaciones_internacionales@senave.gov.py