. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PRY/62 
1 June 2012 
 (12-2890) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   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 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 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) 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
Palma casi 15 de Agosto Nº 594 
Asunción, Paraguay Tel.: (+595) 21 493 657 E-mail: 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):   Cement 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Decreto 
Por el cual se amplía el plazo establecido en  el Artículo 1 del Decreto Nº 7719 de fecha 
21 de Noviembre de 2011 "Por el cual se amplía  el plazo establecido en el Artículo 3 del 
Decreto Nº 5515 del 25 de Noviembre de 2010 "Por el cual se deroga el Decreto Nº 5094/2010 y se suspenden los Artículos 1º, 5º, 6º y 7º del Decreto Nº 18.352/02 y se 
establece el mecanismo de importación de cemento" (Draft Decree extending the time 
period established in Article 1 of Decree  No. 7719 of 21 November 2011 "Extending the 
time-period established in Article 3 of D ecree No. 5515 of 25 November 2010 Repealing 
Decree No. 5094/2010 and suspending  Articles 1, 5, 6 and 7 of Decree No. 18.352/02 and 
establishing the cement import mechanism") (1 page, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Extension of the time period  established in Article 1 of 
Decree No. 7719 of 21 November 2011 by three hundred and sixty (360) days. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety G/TBT/N/PRY/62 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Decreto N° 7.719 "Por el cual se amplía el plazo establecido en el 
Artículo 3° del Decreto N° 5.515 del 25 de no viembre de 2010 "Por el cual se deroga el 
Decreto N° 5.094/10 y se suspenden los Artículos  1°, 5°, 6° y 7° del Decreto N° 18.352/02 
y se establece el mecanismo de importación de cementos" (Decree No. 7719 "Extending the 
time-period established in Article 3 of D ecree No. 5515 of 25 November 2010 Repealing 
Decree No. 5094/2010 and suspending Articles 1, 5, 6 and 7 of Decree No. 18.352/02 and establishing the cement import mechanism"). 
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 
Ministerio 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 
 
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