G/TBT/N/PRY/123  
1 February  2021 
(21-0846) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated 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 : Instituto Nacional de Tecnología, Normalización, Metrología , 
INTN (National Institute of Technology, Standardization and Metrology)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority desi gnated 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)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Palma casi 15 de Agosto Nº 594  
Asunción, Paraguay  
Tel.: (+595) 21 -493 657  
Email: 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 additio n, where applicable) : Pre-
measured or pre -packaged products.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución del Grupo Mercado Común "Reglamento Técnico Mercosur de Control 
Metrológico de productos premedidos o p reenvasados comercializados en unidades de 
longitud o número de unidades de contenido nominal igual" (Derogación de la Resolución 
GMC N° 17/10)  (Draft Common Market Group (GMC) Resolution "MERCOSUR Technical 
Regulation on metrological control of pre -measur ed or pre -packaged products marketed 
in units of length or number of units of equal nominal content" (Repeal of GMC Resolution 
No. 17/10)) (19 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the metrological 
requirements and the sampling plans for the verification of the content of pre -measured 
or pre -packaged products with equal nominal content, expressed in units of length or 
number of units.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Quality requirements ; Prevention of deceptive practices ; Consumer 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Resoluciones Nº 17/10 y 45/17 del Grupo Mercado Común  
• International Recommendation OIML  R 87 Edition 2016  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments : The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant comments in the 60 days following notification.  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN  (SNIN  Coordinating Unit)  
Ministerio de Industria y Comercio , MIC (Ministry of Industry and Trade)  
Avda. Mariscal F. L ópez 3333  
Asunción, Paraguay  
Tel.: (+595) 21 -616 3284  
Fax: (+595) 21 -616 3084  
Email: snin@mic.gov.py  
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