. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/10 
17 July 2007 
 (07-3031) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulat ed in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PARAGUAY
 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Industria y Comercio  – MIC (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  (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 493646, ext. 121 E mail: girala@mre.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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Liquefied Petroleum Gas 
(LPG) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Decreto  
Por el cual se establecen los mecanismos de  importación y se adop tan las especificaciones 
técnicas para la importación de gas licuado de petróleo (GLP)  (Draft Decree establishing 
import procedures and adopting technical specifications for the import of liquefied 
petroleum gas) (LPG) (7 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The expansion and diversification of the import and marketing of 
petroleum derivatives within a free market give rise to greater needs for quality controls, 
import and marketing procedures and environmental protection. 
 
 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Need to provide measures to ensure the adoption of minimum technical 
specifications for the LPG imported;  the proper implementation of better quality controls, 
import and marketing procedures and environmental protection. 
8. Relevant documents:   Ley Nº 904/63 "Que establece las funciones del Ministerio de 
Industria y Comercio” y  el Decreto Nº 15.124/01 “Por el cual se declara obligatoria la 
aplicación de Normas Técnicas paraguayas INTN referentes al fraccionamiento, 
distribución, transporte y comercialización de l Gas Licuado de Petr óleo, en sus ultimas 
ediciones " (Law No. 904/63 establishing the functions of the Ministry of Industry and Trade 
and Decree No. 15.124/01 declaring obligatory the application of the most recent editions 
Paraguayan INTN (National Institute of Technology and Standardization) technical 
standards relating to the fractioning, distribu tion, transport and marketing of liquefied 
petroleum gas) (available in Spanish) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }- 
10. Final date for comments:   The Paraguayan authorities may respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant comments 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 the other body:   
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN, del Ministerio de Industria y Comercio ( MIC),  
Contact person:  Aida Romero 
Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333 
Asunción – Paraguay 
Tel.:  +(595) 21 6163180 
Fax:  +(595) 21 6163084 
E-mail: snin@mic.gov.py  
 aromero@mic.gov.py