. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PRY/55 
20 January 2012 
 (12-0358) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   PARAGUAY 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Instituto Nacional de 
Alimentación y Nutrición, Ministerio de Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Public Health 
and Social Welfare, National Food and Nutrition Institute, Ministry of Industry and Trade) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
Centro de Referencia de la OMC  (WTO Reference Centre) 
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales 
(Directorate of Multilateral Economic Organizations) Palma casi 15 de Agosto Nº 594 
Asunción, Paraguay Tel.: +(595) 21-493-657 E-mail: snin@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):   Non-alcoholic 
beverages 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Resolución 
MERCOSUR N° 40/11 Rotulado Nutricional de  Bebidas No Alcohó licas Comercializadas 
en Envases Retornables (MERCOSUR Resolution No. 40/11 - Nutrition labelling of 
non-alcoholic beverages marketed in returnable containers) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Resolution establishes additional time periods for 
bringing into conformity the nutrition labe lling of non-alcoholic beverages marketed in 
returnable containers.  If the nutrition inform ation is not displayed on the body of the 
container, it must appear on the container lid. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/PRY/55 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Decreto N° 12085/2008 Por el cual se establece la vigencia en la 
República del Paraguay de las Resolucion es adoptadas por el Grupo Mercado Común del 
MERCOSUR referentes al SGT N° 3 Regl amentos Técnicos y Evaluación de la 
Conformidad  (Decree No. 12085/2008 establishing the validity in the Republic of Paraguay 
of the Resolutions adopted by the MERCOSUR Common Market Group in respect of Sub-Working Group (SGT) No. 3, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } 30 June 2012 
10. Final date for comments:   The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant comment s in the 60 days following notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN 
Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (MIC) Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333 
Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21-616 3284 Fax: +(595) 21-616 3084 E-mail: snin@mic.gov.py