. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/7 
17 July 2007 
 (07-3028) 
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  (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 Multilatera l Economic Organizations) 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Presidente Franco y Ayolas, Edific io 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Reglamento Técnico del 
MERCOSUR sobre Etiquetado de Producto s Textiles (Derogación de la Res.  
GMC Nº 09/00) .  (MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on  the Labelling of Textile Products 
(Abrogation of Common Market Group Resolution No. 09/00)) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución Nº 06/07 del GMC sobre Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre Etiquetado de 
Productos Textiles (derogación de la Res. GMC Nº 09/00)  (Draft Common Market Group 
Resolution No. 06/07 in respect of MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the Labelling of 
Textile Products (Abrogation of Common Market Group Resolution No. 09/00) (10 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/PRY/7 
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  6. Description of content:   Draft  MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the Labelling of 
Textile Products.  The MERCOSUR Technical Re gulations provide consumers in this case 
with means of ensuring clear and correct id entification of the composition of textile 
products and of the requirements for the treatment, cleaning and conservation of such 
products throughout their useful life. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 The purpose of this document is to prov ide a harmonized technical regulation on the 
labelling of textile products with a vi ew to the facilitation of free trade. 
8. Relevant documents:   Resolución GMC Nº 09/00 que aprueba el Reglamento Técnico 
MERCOSUR de Etiquetado de Productos Textiles a fin de adecuarla al desarrollo de los 
avances tecnológicos en la materia  (Common Market Group Resolution No. 09/00 
approving the MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on  the Labelling of Textile Products with 
a view to adapting it to the changes resulting fr om technological advances in this field);  la 
Decisión N º 20/02 del Consejo del Mercado Común,  y las Resoluciones N º 38/98, 09/00 y 
56/02 del Grupo Mercado Común .  (Decision No. 20/02 of the Common Market Council 
and Resolutions Nos. 38/98, 09/00 and 56/02 of the Common Market Group). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }- 
10. Final date for comments:   The Paraguayan authorities will 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 addresse s, 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