. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ITA/22 
24 November 2010  
 (10-6280) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ITALY
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministero dello sviluppo economico  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:  
Ministry for economic development 
Department for Enterprise and Internationalization General Directorate for Market, Competition, Consumer, Vigilance and Technical Standardization Division XVIII – Technical standardization 
00187 Rome I – Via Sallustiana, 53 
Tel.:  +39 06 4705.5430 Fax:  +39 06 48.21.702 E-mail:  mailto:tbt.Italia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it
; 
 mailto:vincenzo.correggia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it  
European Commission TBT Enquiry Point:  mailto:ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
And can be downloaded at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/ITA/10_4365_00_x.pdf  
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):  Electro–mechanical 
devices used by beauticians 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Decree of the Minister 
for Economic Development in conjunction with the Minister for Health on the implementing regulations of Article 10.1 of Law 1 of 4 January 1990 on electro–mechanical devices used by 
beauticians (41 pages, in Italian). G/TBT/N/ITA/22 
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  6. Description of content:  The decree comprises five articles  and two technical annexes.  The 
operative part identifies the beauty -treatment devices af fected by the measur e notified (the list 
of which, previously attached to Law 1 of 4 January 1990, is amended by Annex 1 to the 
draft);  specifies that the dynamic technical ch aracteristics, the regulatory mechanisms and 
implementing methods and the precautions to be  taken during use of such devices shall be 
determined by the general provisi ons given in the measure and by  the technical specifications 
and standards contained in the te chnical information sh eets in Annex 2;  defines the safety 
level to be met by the products for use in Italy;  defines the methods and conditions for updating the list of devices atta ched to Law 1 of 4 January 1990 and Annex 2;  and finally 
states that the provisions adopted shall be automa tically adjusted in line with any changes that 
the relevant standardisati on bodies make to the relevant technical standards.  
Annex 1 contains a list of the devices covered by the scope of the decree.  Annex 2 contains 
the technical information sheets setting out th e dynamic technical characteristics, regulatory 
mechanisms, implementing methods and precauti ons to be taken duri ng use of each electro–
mechanical beauty–treatment device. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Adoption of the measure is provided for in Law 1 of 4 January 1990 and is intended to ensure 
that devices employed by beauticians are used correctly.  
8. Relevant documents:   The basic texts have also been sent in the context of a previous 
notification:  2000/0283/I 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }January 2011 
10. Final date for comments:  28 January 2011 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and website addresses, if available of the other body:   see box 2 
Text on line at:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/index_it.htm  
And can be downloaded at: 
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2010/tbt/ITA/10_4365_00_x.pdf