. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARG/249 
11 May 2009 
 (09-2279) 
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:   ARGENTINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Comisión Nacional de Alimentos , CONAL (National Food 
Commission) 
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:   Enquiry point 
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):   Camomile for use as an 
infusion 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución Modificatorio del Capítulo XV "Productos Estimulantes o Fruitivos" del 
Código Alimentario Argentino (CAA) sobre Manzanilla para infusiones (Draft Resolution 
amending Chapter XV "Stimulating or pleasure-giving products" of the Argentine Food Code in respect of camomile for use as an infusion) (3 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution seeks to incorporate into 
Chapter XV of the Argentine Food Code the de finition and characteristics of camomile for 
use as an infusion, as follows:  "Article 1192 bis:  The generic name "camomile" or 
"German camomile" shall be understood to me an exclusively the product obtained by the 
appropriate processing of inflorescences of the species Matricaria chamomilla (formerly 
referred to as Matricaria recutita ). 
Camomile intended for the preparation of in fusions and extraction shall be obtained by 
means of harvesting, drying, cleaning and grading. 
Camomile shall have the following characteristics: 
(a) Loss on drying (at 100°C-105°C):  max. 12%; (b) Foreign plant matter:  max. 2%.  Absence of toxic species; (c) Up to 20% of the aerial parts of the same plant, including calyx and peduncle; 
(d) Total ash content (at 500°C-550°C):  max. 12%; 
(e) Ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid at 10%:  max. 1.5%". G/TBT/N/ARG/249 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Updating of the Argentine Food Code 
8. Relevant documents:   See point 5 above 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Boletín Oficial  (Official 
Journal) 
Eight days after publication in the Official 
Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   12 June 2009 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Punto Focal de la Republica Argentina 
Dirección Nacional de Comercio Interior 
Avda. Julio.  A. Roca 651, Piso 4°, Sector 2 (C1067ABB) 
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Tel.: 54 11 4349 4067 Fax: 54 11 4349 4072 E-mail: focalotc@mecon.gov.ar 
Text available at:  http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/notific_arg.htm