. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/11 
29 August 2007 
 (07-3630) 
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 – MIC (Ministry of Industry and 
Trade) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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 OMC  (WTO Reference Centre) 
Coordinator:  Gustavo Javier Irala Mendoza 
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales  
(Directorate of Multilateral Economic Organizations) 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Presidente Franco y Ayolas, Edificio Ayfra 6º piso, Oficina Nº 602 Asunción Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21 493646, ext. 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Steel wires for the 
reinforcement of concrete structures.  ATP 500 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Decreto  
"Por el cual se Homologa la Norma Paraguaya NP 4 009 05, en su segunda edición, que 
determina los requisitos esenciales de seguri dad que deben cumplir los Alambres de Acero 
para Armadura en estructuras de Hormigón ATP 500 y se declara obligatoria su aplicación 
en el territorio nacional" (Draft Decree "Approving Para guayan Standard NP 4 009 05 
(second edition), which establishes the essential sa fety requirements for steel wires for the 
reinforcement of concrete structures ATP 500, a nd declaring its application to be mandatory 
in the national territory")  (3 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/PRY/11 
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  6. Description of content:   The draft decree provides th at the production, importation, 
marketing or gratuitous transfer of steel wire s for the reinforcement of concrete structures 
ATP 500 will not be permitted in  the Republic of Paraguay unl ess such operations comply 
with the essential safety re quirements established in Para guayan Standard NP 4 009 05 
(second edition).  This involves obtaining the IN TN label, in accordan ce with the relevant 
procedure laid down by the National Institute of Technology, Standardization and Metrology. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 To protect life, health and safety from the risks associated with the supply of 
products and the provision of services considered to be harmful or dangerous.  
8. Relevant documents:   Ley Nº 904/63 "Que establece las funciones del Ministerio de 
Industria y Comercio";  Ley Nº 1334/98 "De Defe nsa del Consumidor y del Usuario";  Ley 
Nº 2575/2005 "De reforma de la Carta Orgánica  del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología y 
Normalización (INTN)" y la Norma Paraguaya NP Nº 4 009 05 "Alambres de acero para 
armadura en estructuras  de hormigón. ATP 500"  (Law No. 904/63 "Establishing the 
responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry and Trade";  Law No. 1334/98 on "Consumer 
and User Protection";  Law No. 2575/2005 "Refor ming the Charter of the National Institute 
of Technology and Standardization (INTN)";  and Paraguayan Standard NP No. 4 009 05 
"Steel wires for the reinforcement of concrete structures.  ATP 500") 
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 comme nts as of the date of notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available, of another body:  
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN, Minist erio de Industria y Comercio (MIC) 
Ing. Aida Romero Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333 Asunción, Paraguay  Tel.: +(595) 21 6163180 
Fax: +(595) 21 6163084 
E-mail: aromero@mic.gov.py  rmaidana@mic.gov.py