. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PRY/40 
7 December 2011  
 (11-6354) 
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:  
Dirección Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria  (National Health Monitoring Directorate) 
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social (MSP y BS)  (Ministry of Public Health and 
Social Welfare) 
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 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 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):   Personal hygiene 
products, cosmetics and perfumes. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Resolución Mercosur 
N° 24/11, Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sob re lista de sustancias que los productos de 
higiene personal, cosméticos y perfumes no deben contener, excepto en las condiciones y 
con las restricciones establecidas. (Derogación de la Res.  GMC N° 46/10)  (MERCOSUR 
Resolution No. 24/11, MERCOSUR Technical Regulation establishing the list of 
substances that are not to be used in pers onal hygiene products, cosmetics and perfumes, 
except subject to certain conditions and restrictions. (Repeal of MERCOSUR Common 
Market Group Resolution No. 46/10)) (43 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation lists the substances that may be used 
alone or in combination with each other provi ded that the sum thereof does not exceed the 
maximum permitted level for each substance. G/TBT/N/PRY/40 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health. 
8. Relevant documents:   Resolución Mercosur N° 46/10, Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR 
sobre lista de sustancias que los productos de  higiene personal, cosméticos y perfumes no 
deben contener, excepto en las condici ones y con las restricciones establecidas. 
(Derogación de la Res.  GMC N° 26/05)  (MERCOSUR Resolution No. 46/10, 
MERCOSUR Technical Regulation establishing the list of substances that are not to be used in personal hygiene products, cosmetic s and perfumes, except subject to certain 
conditions and restrictions. (Repeal of MERCOSUR Common Market Group Resolution No. 26/05)) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } 31 May 2012  
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: 
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  
Also available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/PRY/11_4124_00_s.pdf