. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PER/11 
17 August 2005 
 (05-3650) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
  
 
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:   Ministry of Health, agency responsible for the technical regulation 
notified 
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:    
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism 
Calle Uno Oeste No. 050 - Urbanización Corpac Lima 27 Peru 
Tel: (+511) 513 6100 Ext. 8022 
Fax: (+511) 513 6100 Ext. 8002 Email: cochoa@mincetur.gob.pe Website: www.mincetur.gob.pe 
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):    
National subheading  
0402911000 Evaporated milk 0402991000 Condensed milk 
1901101000 Infant milk formulas (maternalized or humanized) 
1901109010 Infant food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract 2106909100 Containing plant combinations or extracts, parts of plants, seeds or fruit 2106909200 Containing plant combinations or extracts, parts of plants, fruit seeds, with vitamins, minerals or other substances 
2106909300 Containing vitamins and minerals 
2106909400 Containing vitamins 2106909910 Human milk substitu tes of non-dairy origin 
3924101000 Infant feeding bottles 4014900000 Teats and pacifiers 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Regulation on Infant 
Food (9 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/PER/11 
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 6. Description of content:   The Regulation contains provisions on food for infants aged 
0-2 years with emphasis on promotion, protection and support of breast-feeding;  responsibility for the system of health care, pharmacies and other sales outlets, manufacturers and marketing staff for products re ferred to in the Regulation and marketing 
procedures for human milk substitutes for infa nts and young children up to the age of two. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 To achieve efficient surveillance and m onitoring of food preparations for infants 
and young children up to two years of age by actions to promote, protect and support breast-
feeding, geared to the implementation of a ppropriate food supplemen tation practices.  At 
the same time to ensure the co rrect  use of human milk substitutes when they are found to 
be necessary on the basis of adequate info rmation, using appropriate marketing and 
distribution methods. 
8. Relevant documents:   International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. 
World Health Assembly Resolutions: 
• WHA 35.26 on the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes 
• WHA 37.30, on infant and young child nutrition 
• WHA 39.28 on infant and young child feeding 
• WHA 41.11 on infant and young child nutrition 
• WHA 43.3 on protecting, promo ting and supporting breast-feeding 
• WHA 45.34 on infant and young child nutritio n and status of implementation of 
the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. 
• WHA 47.5 on infant and young child nutrition 
• WHA 49.15 on infant and young child nutrition 
• WHA 54.2 on infant and young child nutrition 
• WHA 55.25 on infant and young child nutrition 
 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Within 30 days of the final date for comments 
10. Final date for comments:   4 October 2005 
11. Texts available from: 
F:\XData\SIRT\RT\PEOTCP05106.pdf 
Text available from:  www.comunida dandina.org/SIRT/RT/PEOTCP05106.pdf 
National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-
site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Comisíon de Reglamentos Técnicos y Comerciales 
Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Compet encia y de la Protección de la Propiedad 
Intelectual - INDECOPI Calle La Prose No. 138 
Lima 41 
Peru Tel:  (+511) 224-7800