. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/25 
14 September 2009 
 (09-4314) 
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 - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología, Normalización y 
Metrología  (Ministry of Industry and Trade - National Institute of Technology, 
Standardization and Metrology)  
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
, snin@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):   Valves for compressed 
natural gas (CNG) storage cylinders. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución GMC "Reglamento Técnico M ERCOSUR de Válvula de Cilindro para 
Almacenamiento de Gas Natural Comprimido (GNC) utilizado como combustible, a bordo 
de Vehículos Automotores" (Draft Common Market Group Resolution:  "MERCOSUR 
Technical Regulation on valves for cylinders for the storage of compressed natural gas 
(CNG) used as motor vehicle fuel") (6 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution approves "MERCOSUR Technical 
Regulation on valves for cylinders for the stor age of compressed natural gas (CNG) used as 
motor vehicle fuel", which is annexed to  and forms part of this Resolution. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection G/TBT/N/PRY/25 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Draft MERCOSUR Technical Regulation No. 05/09 on Valves for 
cylinders for the storage of compressed natura l gas (CNG) used as motor vehicle fuel (text 
resulting from the XXXVI
th meeting of Working Subgroup (SGT) No. 3). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } 31 October 2009 
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 Notification 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
, snin@mic.gov.py