. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/22 
19 February 2009 
 (09-0887) 
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:   PARAGUAY
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sa nidad Vegetal y de Semillas , SENAVE (National Plant 
and Seed Quality and Health Service) 
Dirección de Agroquímicos  (Agrochemical Department) 
Secretaría de Relaciones Internacionales  (Secretariat of International Relations) 
Humaita 145 entre Independencia Nacion al y Nuestra Señora de la Asunción 
Asunción, Paraguay Tel.: + (595) 21 441 491 / 21 445 769 E-mail: agroquimicos@senave.gov.py / re laciones_internacionales@senave.gov.py 
Website: www.senave.gov.py
 
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 Referencias 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:  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):   Agrochemicals falling 
under MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature (NCM) tariff heading 3808 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Resolución Nº 351 
del 31 de diciembre de 2008 "Por la cual se modifica parcialmente la Resolución 355/08 referente a disposiciones del reglamento para el control de plaguicidas de uso agrícola 
aprobado por Resolución 446/06" (Resolution No. 351 of 31 December 2008 "Partially 
amending Resolution No. 355/08 concerning provis ions of the Regulations on the control 
of agricultural pesticides, approved by Reso lution No. 446/06") (3 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/PRY/22 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified Resolution extends the deadline for the 
implementation of the mandatory registration revalidation process, with regard to the elements to be submitted pursuant to R esolution No. 355/08 and subject to their 
assessment, and also grants, subject to an asse ssment, temporary registration to institutions 
which do not as yet have the product refere nce profile required for registration by 
equivalency until 30 June 2010. 
 The Resolution also establishes 30 June 2009 as the expiry date for all registrations 
granted under Resolution No. 1000/94. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   In 
order to ensure the continued validity, and thus prevent the large-scale expiry, of the 
pesticide product registrations granted by SENAVE, the period of validity of those registrations which are about to expire needs to be extended. 
8. Relevant documents:   Ley 2459/04 por la cual crea el Servicio Nacional de Calidad y 
Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas, SENAVE (Law No. 2459/04 creating the National Plant and 
Seed Quality and Health Service), which author izes this institution to establish the technical 
regulations for conducting within national terr itory any activity related to matters falling 
within its sphere of competence (available in Spanish). 
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 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 de l SNIN del Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (Coordination 
Unit of the National Information and Notificati on 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: aromero@mic.gov.py
 
Website:  snin@mic.gov.py