. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PER/17 
24 April 2008 
 (08-1948) 
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:   PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de la Producción , PRODUCE (Ministry of Production) 
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 
Comercio Exterior y Turismo, MINCETUR  (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism) 
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):   HS tariff subheading 
3605.00.00.00:  Matches, other than pyrotechnic articles of heading 3604 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico sobre Fósforos de Seguridad (Draft Technical Regulation on safety 
matches) (20 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation contains 
seventeen (17) articles and four (04) annex es.  It establishes the safety, performance and 
labelling requirements for safety matches and the packaging thereof used, manufactured, 
imported, marketed or distributed free of charge in Peru. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of human life, health and safety and the environment and prevention of 
practices likely to mislead users in relation to the handling and use of safety matches. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where Regulation will appear when adopted:  Official Journal El Peruano . 
2. Corresponding foreign standards:  
- European Standard EN 1783:1997 (+A1:  2002) Matches.  Performance 
requirements, safety and classification ; 
 - Technical Standard of the Ec uadorian Standardization Institute 
NTE INEN 1789:1991:  Fósforos de seguridad. Requisitos  (Safety matches. 
Specifications); G/TBT/N/PER/17 
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  8. Relevant documents:   (cont'd) 
- Colombian Technical Standard NTC 1498:2002:  Fósforos de seguridad  (Safety 
matches); 
- Chilean Standard NCh 1689:2002:  Fósforos de seguridad. Requisitos  (Safety 
matches.  Specifications); 
- Brazilian Regulation ( Portaria ) No. 118 of 29 June 1998:  Fósforos de Seguranca  
(Safety matches).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
Six months after official publication 
10. Final date for comments:  21 July 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and Website addresses,  if available, of other body: 
http://www.comunidadandina.org/SIRT  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/per/08_1221_00_e.pdf  
National Notification Authority 
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo, MINCETUR 
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50, Urb. Corpac Lima 27, Perú Tel.: +(51 1) 513-6100, Ext. 8040 Fax: +(51 1) 513-6100, Ext. 8002 E-mail: otc@mincetur.gob.pe 
National Enquiry Point 
Comisión de Reglamentos Técnicos y Comerciales 
Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual, INDECOPI Calle de la Prosa Nº 138 
Lima 41, Perú 
Tel.: +(51 1) 224-7800, Ext. 1261 Fax: +(51 1) 224-7800, Ext. 1329 E-mail: tbt-enquiry@indecopi.gob.pe
 
 or address, telephone and fax numbers, E-ma il and Website addresses, if available, of 
other body:  
Ministerio de la Producción, PRODUCE 
Vice Ministerio de Industria Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50, Urb. Corpac 
Lima 27, Perú 
Tel.: +(51 1) 616-2222, Exts. 818 - 228 Fax: +(51 1) 616-2222, Ext. 805 E-mail: jbutron@produce.gob.pe