. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PRY/34 
14 October 2011 
 (11-5046) 
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 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)  
Palma casi 15 de Agosto N° 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 [X], 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):  Steel products:  
MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature (NCM) tari ff headings 7306.30.00 and 7306.61.00  
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
Resolución "Por la cual se crea el Regi stro de Importadores y se establece Licencia 
Automática Previa a la Importaci ón de productos siderúrgicos"  (Draft Resolution creating 
the Register of Importers and establishing a prior automatic import licence for steel products) (7 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution creat es the Register of Importers of 
steel products classified under NCM tariff headings 7306.30.00 and 7306.61.00.  The General-Directorate of Domestic Trade, answerable to the Ministry of Industry and 
Trade's Under-Secretariat of State for Trad e, is responsible for this Register. 
The certificate of registration in the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Register of Importers 
is renewable on an annual basis, in acco rdance with Article 1 of the Resolution. 
Applications for licences may be submitted on any working day prior to customs clearance.  
Licences will be issued for every import transaction and are valid for 30 calendar days from the date of issue. G/TBT/N/PRY/34 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer safety 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
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: aromero@mic.gov.py , snin@mic.gov.py  
 
Text available at:  http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/PRY/11_3347_00_s.pdf