. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/2 
28 November 2006 
 
 (06-5722) 
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 Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
Centro de Referencias OMC  (WTO Reference Centre) 
Coordinator:  Mr Gustavo Javier Irala Mendoza Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales 
(Directorate of Multilateral Economic Organizations) 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Presidente Franco y Ayolas, Edificio Ayfra 6º piso, Oficina Nº 602 Asunción 
Paraguay 
Tel.: +595 (21) 493646, extension 121 E-mail: girala@mre.gov.py 
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:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 2.10.1 [ X  ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [ X  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Technical regulations for 
products of the food, metrology, automotive and toy sectors. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Decreto Nº 8064 del 
21 de agosto de 2006 "Por el cual se dispone la  vigencia en la República del Paraguay de 
las Resoluciones adoptadas por el Grupo Me rcado Común del MERCOSUR referentes al 
SGT N° 3, Reglamentos Técnicos  y Evaluación de la Conformidad"
(Decree No. 8064 of 21 August 2006 "Providing that the Resolutions adopted by the 
MERCOSUR Common Market Group in respect of Working Subgroup (SGT) No. 3, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assess ment, apply in the Republic of Paraguay") 
(11 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/PRY/2 
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  6. Description of content:   This omnibus decree incorporates into Paraguayan domestic 
legislation 75 MERCOSUR Common Market Group Resolutions resulting from the work 
carried out by Working Subgroup No. 3 on T echnical Regulations.  These Resolutions are 
the result of the procedure to harmonize technical standards and regulations in the food, 
metrology, automotive and toy sectors. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Given the diversity of standards, the R esolutions cover a number of objectives, in 
particular (a) protection of human health a nd safety;  (b) consumer protection (deception, 
fraud, etc.);  (c) new legislation on tec hnologies and products;  (d) environmental 
protection;  and (e) quality requirements. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 9/91 approving and ratifying the "Treaty of Asunción"; 
Law No. 596/95 approving the Additional Protocol of MERCOSUR (the"Ouro Preto Protocol");  and Decree No. 17.056/97 providing that the Resolutions adopted by the MERCOSUR Common Market Group in respect of technical regulations shall apply in the 
Republic of Paraguay. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
Upon publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant 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:  
Regulatory texts incorporated into Para guayan legislation may be viewed at 
www.leyes.com.py  Enquiries or requests for documents may also be addressed to the Coordination Unit of the 
National Information and Notification System of the Ministry of Industry and Trade:  
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN del Mini sterio de Industria y Comercio (MIC) 
Director:  Ms Aída Romero Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333 Asunción 
Paraguay 
Tel.: +595 (21) 616 3180 Fax: +595 (21) 616 3084 E-mail: snin@mic.gov.py  aromero@mic.gov.py