. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PER/32 
21 January 2011 
 (11-0354) 
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:   PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health) 
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 
Comercio Exterior y Turismo, MINCETUR  (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [X], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  
2402.20.10.00 Cigarettes containing dark tobacco 
2402.20.20.00 Cigarettes containing light tobacco 2402.90.00.00 Cigars, cheroots and ci garillos, of tobacco substitutes 
2402.10.00.00 Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco 
2403.99.00.00 Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes;  
tobacco extracts and essences 
2401.30.00.00 Tobacco refuse 2403.91.00.00 "Homogenized" or "reconstituted" tobacco 2401.10.10.00 Dark tobacco, not stemmed/stripped 2401.20.10.00 Dark tobacco, partly  or wholly stemmed/stripped 
2403.10.00.00 Smoking tobacco, whether or no t containing tobacco substitutes in any 
proportion 
2401.10.20.00 Light tobacco , not stemmed/stripped 
2401.20.20.00 Light tobacco, partly  or wholly stemmed/stripped 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Decreto Supremo 
que modifica el Reglamento de la Ley N° 28705, Ley General para la prevención y control de los riesgos del Consumo del Tabaco, aprobado por Decreto Supremo N° 015-2008-SA y 
modificado por Decreto Supremo N° 001-2010-SA (Supreme Decree amending the 
Implementing Regulations for Law No. 28705 (G eneral Law for the prevention and control 
of the risks of tobacco consumption), appr oved by Supreme Decree No. 015-2008-SA and 
amended by Supreme Decree No. 001-2010-SA) (8 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/PER/32 
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  6. Description of content:  The notified Emergency Technical  Regulation contains seven (7) 
Articles which amend, incorporate and rep eal specific aspects of the Implementing 
Regulations for Law No. 28705 with a view to bringing their content into line with the provisions of Law No. 29517.  This Law amends Law No. 28705 to bring it into 
conformity with the World Health Orga nization Framework Convention on Tobacco 
Control (WHO FCTC). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable: 
The notified Emergency Technical Regulation addresses a major public health issue, 
namely the prevention and control of the risks of tobacco consumption.  International obligations exist in this respect under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco 
Control (FCTC) and the guidelines for its implem entation with which the Peruvian State is 
required to comply. 
The single final provision of Law No. 29517 thus establishes a specific period for ensuring 
that amendments to certain Articles of the Law are fully and effectively implemented as promptly as possible to prevent the Peruvian State from incurring international liability for 
failure to comply with FCTC provisions and an exacerbation of the harmful effects of tobacco consumption in the country. 
Furthermore, the 180-day period established in the first transitional article of Law 
No. 29517 for including health warnings on  tobacco packaging, as provided for in 
Article 7.1 of the Law, expired on 3 Oct ober 2010.  The Supreme Decree amending the 
Implementing Regulations for La w No. 28705 had not been issued on that date, which has 
caused problems for tobacco companies. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication in which the legislation appears:  Official Journal El Peruano . 
2. Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
5 June 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative 
provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale 
of tobacco products. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } The day following publication in the 
Official Journal El Peruano  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and Website addresses,  if available, of other body: 
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo - MINCETUR 
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50, Urb. Corpac, Lima 27, Perú 
Tel.: +(51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8022 Fax: +(51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8002 E-mail: otc@mincetur.gob.pe
 
Websites: http://www.comunidadandina.org/SIRT  
 http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/reglamentostecnicos  
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/PER/11_0150_00_s.pdf