. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/23 
15 September 2009 
 (09-4341) 
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:  
Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sa nidad Vegetal y de Semillas , SENAVE  
(National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service) 
Dirección de Agroquímicos  (Agrochemical Department) 
Secretaría de Relaciones Internacionales  (Secretariat of International Relations) 
Humaita 145 entre Independencia Nacion al y Nuestra Señora de la Asunción 
Asunción, Paraguay Tel.: +(595) 21 441 491/21 445 769 E-mail: relaciones_internacionales@senave.gov.py
 
Website: www.senave.gov.py  
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 Referencias OMC  (WTO Reference Centre) 
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales 
(Directorate of Multilateral Economic Organizations) 
Palma casi 15 de Agosto Nº 594 Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21 493 657 
E-mail: snin@mre.gov.py;  girala@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):   Fresh tomatoes 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento Técnico 
del SENAVE para la fijación y calidad del Tomate Lycopersicum esculentum Mill 
(Technical Regulation of the National Plan t and Seed Quality and Health Service 
establishing the definitions of a nd quality requirements for tomatoes Lycopersicum 
esculentum  Mill) (10 pages including Annex, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/PRY/23 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation applies to all domestically 
produced or imported fresh tomatoes for consum ption which are marketed in Paraguay.  
It also applies to tomatoes for export. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The Technical Regulation seeks to establish the terminology relating to and the quality, 
packaging and presentation requirements to be met, following handling and packaging, by tomatoes for sale on the domestic market or export.  It does not apply to tomatoes for industrial use. 
8. Relevant documents:   Ley 2459/04 Por la cual crea el Servicio Nacional de Calidad y 
Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas, SENAVE (Law No. 2459/04 creating the National Plant and 
Seed Quality and Health Service), which author izes this institution to establish the technical 
regulations for conducting within national terr itory any activity related to matters falling 
within its sphere of competence (available in Spanish). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:    
10. Final date for comments:  
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: 
1. Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN de l Ministerio de Industria y Comercio 
(Coordination Unit of the National Information and Notification System of the  Ministry of Industry and Trade) Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333 
Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21 616-3284 Fax: +(595) 21 616-3084 E-mail: snin@mic.gov.py; aromero@mic.gov.py
 
2. Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sa nidad Vegetal y de Semillas (SENAVE) 
Dirección de Agroquímicos/Secretaría de Relaciones Internacionales 
Humanita 145 entre Independencia Naci onal y Nuestra Señora de la Asunción 
Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21 441 491 / 21 445 769 
Website: www.senave.gov.py  
E-mail: relaciones_internacionales@senave.gov.py