. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARG/257 
15 December 2009 
 (09-6524) 
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):   Food products 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución Modificatorio del Capítulo III "De los Productos Alimenticios" del Código 
Alimentario Argentino (CAA) sobre C ontenido de Ácidos Grasos Trans"  (Draft Resolution 
amending Chapter III "Food products" of the Ar gentine Food Code (CAA) in respect of 
trans fatty acid content) (7 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution proposes that the text of 
Article 155 bis of the CAA be replaced with the fo llowing paragraph:  "The content of 
industrially produced trans fatty acids in food sh all not exceed 2% of the total fat content of 
vegetable oils and margarines intended for direct  consumption or 5% of the total fat content 
of other foods.  These limits shall not apply to fats of ruminant origin, including milk fat". 
 The draft Resolution also proposes that an Article 155 tris, containing the existing text of 
the replaced Article 155 bis, be incorporated into the CAA. 
 
Vegetable oils and margarines intended for dir ect consumption will have up to two years to 
adjust to the proposed amendment, while other foods will have up to four years, as of the 
date of publication in the Boletín Oficial  (Official Journal). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To update existing legislation. 
8. Relevant documents:   See point 5 above. G/TBT/N/ARG/257 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Boletín Oficial  (Official 
Journal) 
Eight days after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   Sixty days after circulation 
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 República 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/formular ios/notific_arg. php?x=2009&ano=2009 ;  
http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formul arios/registro_otc.php?lista=ARG ; 
and http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/tbt/ARG/09_4372_00_s.pdf