. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARG/220 
1 August 2007 
 (07-3276) 
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:   ARGENTINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Comisión Nacional de Alimentos , CONAL (National Food 
Commission) 
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:   Enquiry point 
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):   Food products with a 
modified fibre content. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución "Código Alimentario Argentino – Capítulo XVII - Alimentos de régimen o dietéticos:  Alimentos Modificados en Fibra" (Draft Resolution "Argentine Food Code – 
Chapter XVII – Diet and Health Foods:  Foods with a Modified Fibre Content") (3 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution replaces Articles 1385 and 1386 of 
Chapter XVII of the Argentine Food Code (CAA). 
 Article 1385 reads as follows:  "Dietary fibre is understood to mean any edible 
substance that is not hydrolyzed by the e ndogenous enzymes of the human digestive tract. 
 It includes non-starch polysaccharides, pectins, resistant starch, inulin, 
oligofructose, polydextrose, resistant ma ltodextrins, fructooligosaccharides (FOS), 
galactooligosaccharides (GOS), transgalactooli gosaccharides (TOS) and all such substances 
incorporated in the future by the National Health Authority … ".  This Article also 
establishes the analysis methods for dietary fibres. 
 Article 1386 reads as follows:  "Foods with  a modified fibre content are understood 
to mean products to which the fibres contempl ated in the present Code and those which are 
incorporated in the future by the Nationa l Health Authority have been added … ". 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Updating of the Argentine Food Code. G/TBT/N/ARG/220 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Proyecto CONAL s/n "Código Alimentario Argentino – Capítulo 
XVII – Alimentos de régimen o dietétic os:  Alimentos Modificados en Fibra"  (Draft 
National Food Commission Resolution (no num ber) "Argentine Food Code – Chapter XVII 
– Diet and Health Foods:  Foods with a Modified Fibre Content"). 
 Existing legislation relating to th e above was notified in documents 
G/TBT/N/ARG/125 and Add.1, and G/TBT/N/ARG/124 and Add.1. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon publication in the Boletín Oficial  (Official 
Journal). 
90 days after publication in the Boletín Oficial  
10. Final date for comments:   8 September 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Punto Focal de la República Argentina 
Dirección Nacional de Comercio Interior Avda. J. A. Roca 651, Piso 4° Sector 2 (C1067ABB) Buenos Aires 
Fax: 54 11 4349 4072 
Tel.: 54 11 4349 4067 E-mail: focalotc@mecon.gov.ar Text available at:  http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/notific_arg.htm