. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARG/229 
12 October 2007 
 (07-4413) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   ARGENTINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Comisión Nacional de Alimentos , CONAL (National Food 
Commission) 
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:   Enquiry point 
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):  
 Fruit and vegetables 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución "Código Alimentario Argentino – Capítulo XI – Alimentos Vegetales: 
Hortalizas y Frutas Mínimamente Procesadas" (Draft Resolution:  "Argentine Food Code – 
Chapter XI – Plant foods:  Minimally processed fruit and vegetables") (6 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution incorporates the identity and quality 
parameters of minimally processed fruit and vegetables into the Argentine Food Code. 
 The requirements to be met by the finished product include the following: "… The finished product in its packaging shall be  fresh and firm and of a colour typical of 
the plant species concerned …  The packaging mate rials shall comply with the legislation in 
force and not conceal the colour of the product.  …  Labelling shall be in accordance with the existing regulations and special consid eration shall be given to the following 
instructions for use: Conservation temperature 
Shelf-life 
Ingredients: Type of cut: National Register of Establishments ( Registro Nacional de Establecimientos , RNE) and 
National Register of Food Products and Dietary Supplements ( Registro de Productos 
Alimenticios y Suplementos Dietarios , RNPA) 
 Washing with potable water before use is recommended". G/TBT/N/ARG/229 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Updating of national food legislation. 
8. Relevant documents:   Draft Resolution:  "Argentine Food Code - Chapter XI – Plant 
foods:  Minimally processed fruit and vegetables". 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon publication in the Boletín Oficial  (Official 
Journal). 
Eight days after publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   4 November 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Punto Focal de la Republica Argentina 
Dirección Nacional de Comercio Interior 
Avda. J. A. Roca 651, Piso 4° 
Sector 2 (C1067ABB) Buenos Aires Tel.: (+54) 11 4349-4067 Fax:  (+54) 11 4349-4072   E-mail: focalotc@mecon.gov.ar 
Text available at:  http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/notific_arg.htm