. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/13 
16 October 2007 
 (07-4455) 
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 Commerce) 
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:  
Centro de Referencias de la OMC  (WTO Reference Centre) 
Coordinator:  Mr Gustavo Javier Irala Mendoza 
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales 
(Directorate of Multilateral Economic Organizations) Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
Presidente Franco y Ayolas, Edificio Ayfra, 6º piso, Oficina Nº 602 Asunción, Paraguay Tel.: +(595) 2149-3646, Internal No. 121 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):  
 Pre-measured products marketed in units  of mass and volume of equal nominal 
content 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución Nº 08/07 del GMC sobre Reglamen to Técnico MERCOSUR sobre Control de 
Productos Premedidos Comercializados en Un idades de Masa y Volumen de Contenido 
Nominal Igual (derogación de la Res. GMC Nº 91/94 y 58/99) (Draft Common Market Group 
Resolution No. 08/07 in respect of MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the control of pre-measured products marketed in units of  mass and volume of equal nominal content 
(Abrogation of Common Market Group Resolutions Nos. 91/94 and 58/99)) (8 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft MERCOSUR Technical Regulation seeks to 
facilitate trade between the signatory count ries to the Treaty of Asunción, eliminate 
technical barriers to the free movement of  pre-measured products and ensure consumer 
protection. G/TBT/N/PRY/13 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 To provide a harmonized technical regulation on the control of pre-measured 
products marketed in units of mass and volume of equal nominal content. 
8. Relevant documents:   Common Market Council Decisi on No. 08/03 and Common Market 
Group Resolutions Nos. 91/94, 38/98, 58/99 and 56/02. 
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 del SNIN del Mini sterio de Industria y Comercio (MIC): 
Contact person:  Aida Romero 
Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333 Asunción, Paraguay Tel.:  +(595) 2 1616-3284 Fax: +(595) 2 1616-3084 
E-mail: aromero@mic.gov.py 
 rmaidana@mic.gov.py