. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PRY/3 
16 January 2007 
 (07-0210) 
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) 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Presidente Franco y Ayolas Edificio Ayfra, 6º piso, Oficina Nº 602  
Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21 493-646, ext. 121 E-mail: girala@mre.gov.py 
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:    
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Organic plant products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Resolución del 
SENAVE N° 404, del 12 de diciembre de 2006 “Por la cual se establece nueva 
reglamentación de los procesos de la producción orgánica de origen vegetal”  (Resolution 
No. 404 of 12 December 2006 of the National Plan t and Seed Quality and Health Service 
(SENAVE) establishi ng new regulations on organic plant produ ction processes)  (10 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Resolution establishes new regulations on organic 
plant production processes with a view to ensuring fair competition between parties and due transparency with regard to production, processing and marketing. 
7. 
 
 Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
 Need for the introduction of measures designed to establish a policy framework to 
 
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  7.  
Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
(cont'd) 
regulate organic farming and to ensure fair competition between parties and due transparency 
with regard to production, processing and marketing. 
8. Relevant documents:   Ley 2459/04 por la cual crea el Servicio Nacional de Calidad y 
Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas (SENAVE)  (Law No. 2459/04 creating the National Plant and 
Seed Quality and Health Service), which authoriz es this institution to establish the technical 
regulations for conducting within  national territory any activity  related to matters falling 
within its sphere of competence (available in Spanish). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }12 December 2006 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN del Mini sterio de Industria y Comercio (MIC) 
Contact person: Aida 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 
Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas (SENAVE) 
Secretaría de Relaciones Internacionales Humaita 145 entre Independencia Nacion al y Nuestra Señora de la Asunción 
Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21 441-491 / 21 445-769 E-mail: sri_senave@telesurf.com.py  relaciones_internacionales@senave.gov.py