. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PRY/35 
25 October 2011 
 (11-5348) 
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:   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 [ ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Steel products.  
MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature (NCM) tari ff heading 7204:  Ferrous waste and 
scrap, remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel;  NCM 7206:  Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excludi ng iron of heading 7203);  and NCM 7207: 
Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel.  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Resolución No. 173 
"Por la cual se reglamentó el Decreto No. 89 7 de 20 noviembre de 2008 Por el cual se crea 
el Registro de Exportadores e Importadores y se establece el Régimen de Licencia Previa 
de Exportación de productos siderúrgicos"  (Resolution No. 173 "Regulating Decree 
No. 897 of 20 November 2008 Creating the Re gister of Exporters and Importers and 
establishing a prior export licensing regime fo r steel products") (8 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Resolution establishes the requirements for obtaining 
a certificate of registration in the Register of  Exporters and Importers  of steel products and 
the requirements for obtaining a prior export licence for steel products. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer safety 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Decreto No. 897/08 "Por el cual se crea el Registro de 
Exportadores e Importadores y se establece el Régimen de Licencia Previa de Exportación 
de productos siderúrgicos" (Decree No. 897/08 "Creating the Register of Exporters and 
Importers and establishing a prior export licensing regime for steel products"). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } 25 March 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 other body: 
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN, del Mi nisterio 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