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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/ARG/155 
16 May 2012 
 (12-2651) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  ARGENTINA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Subgrupo de Trabajo N° 3 "Reglamento Técnico y Evaluación de la 
Conformidad"  (Working Subgroup No. 3:  "Technical Regulation and Conformity 
Assessment") - MERCOSUR 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cellulosic materials, packaging and equipment that come into contact with 
food. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución del Grupo Mercado Común 
N° 01/12:  Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre Materiales, Envases y Equipamientos 
Celulósicos en Contacto con Alimentos  (Draft Common Market Group Resolution 
No. 01/12:  MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on cellulosic materials, packaging and 
equipment that come into contact with food).  Language(s):  Spanish Number of 
pages: 44 
 Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/ARG/12_1842_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution adopts the MERCOSUR Technical 
Regulation laying down the requirements governing trade between MERCOSUR member states in, and imports from outside the ME RCOSUR area of, packaging and equipment the 
surface of which that comes into contact with food or food raw materials is of cellulose or 
of cellulose coated or treated with waxes, paraffins, mineral oils or mineral pigments. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  G/SPS/N/ARG/155 
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  [ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not specified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not specified. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not specified. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  15 July 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body: 
Punto Focal SPS - Argentina 
Paseo Colón 922, PB, Oficina 36 (C1063ACW) Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel.: (+54) 11 4349-2509 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Punto Focal SPS - Argentina 
Paseo Colón 922, PB, Oficina 36 
(C1063ACW) Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel.: (+54) 11 4349-2509