. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PRY/58 
20 April 2012 
 (12-2132) 
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 Salud Pública y Bienestar Social , MSPyBS (Ministry of Public Health and 
Social Welfare) Instituto Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición , INAN (National Food and Nutrition 
Institute) 
Ministerio de Industria y Comercio , MIC (Ministry of Industry and Trade) 
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología , INTN (National Institute of 
Technology, Standardization and Metrology) 
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:  
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):   Paper for baking and for 
hot filtration 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Resolución 
MERCOSUR Nº 02/12, Reglamento Técnic o Mercosur sobre Papeles para Cocción y 
Filtración en Caliente (Derogaci ón de la Res.  GMC Nº 47/98)  (MERCOSUR Resolution 
No. 02/12:  MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on paper for baking and for hot filtration (Abrogation of Common Market Group Resolution No. 47/98)) (8 pages, in Spanish and Portuguese). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation applies to paper for baking and 
for hot filtration and to cellulose filter media (materials weighing more than 500g/m2) 
intended to come into contact with liquid food. G/TBT/N/PRY/58 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health 
8. Relevant documents:   Decreto Nº 8064/2006 "Por la cual pone en vigencia en la 
República del Paraguay de las Resolucion es adoptadas por el Grupo Mercado Común del 
Mercosur referentes al SGT N° 3, Normas Técnicas"  (Decree No. 8064/2006 establishing 
the validity in the Republic of Paraguay of  the Resolutions adopted by the MERCOSUR 
Common Market Group in respect of Sub-Working Group (SGT) No. 3, Technical Regulations). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } 2012 
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  
Text also available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/PRY/12_1382_00_s.pdf