. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PRY/42 
7 December 2011 
 (11-6356) 
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 Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Industry and Trade) 
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:  
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 N° 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):   Cement 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Decreto N° 7.719 
Por el cual se amplía el plazo establecido en el Artículo 3° del Decret o N° 5.515 del 25 de 
noviembre de 2010 "Por el cual se deroga el  Decreto N° 5.094/10 y se suspenden los 
Artículos 1°, 5°, 6° y 7° del Decreto N°  18.352/02 y se establece el mecanismo de 
importación de cementos  (Decree No. 7719 Extending the time-period established in 
Article 3 of Decree No. 5515 of 25 Nove mber 2010 Repealing Decree No. 5094/10 and 
suspending Articles 1, 5, 6 and 7 of Decree No. 18352/02 and establishing the cement 
import mechanism") (1 page, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Extends the time-period established in Decree No. 5515 by 
180 days. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety. 
8. Relevant documents:   Decreto N° 5.515/10 Por el cual se deroga el Decreto N° 5.094/10 
y  se  suspenden  los  artículos  1°, 5°, 6°  y  7°  del  Decreto  N° 18.352/02 y se establece elG/TBT/N/PRY/42 
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  mecanismo de importación de cementos  (Decree No. 5515/10 Repealing Decree 
No. 5094/10 and suspending Articles 1, 5, 6 and 7 of Decree No. 18352/02 and establishing 
the cement import mechanism).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } 22 November 2011 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses,  if available, of the other body: 
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN, del Mini sterio de Industria y Comercio, MIC 
(Coordination Unit of the National Information a nd Notification System of the Ministry of 
Industry and Trade) 
Avda.  Mariscal F. López 3333 Asunción, Paraguay Tel.: +(595) 21 616-3284 Fax: +(595) 21 616-3084 
E-mail: snin@mic.gov.py  
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