. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PRY/53 
9 January 2012 
 (12-0043) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:   Dirección Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria , DINAVISA (National 
Health Monitoring Directorate) 
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:  
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) 
Palma casi 15 de Agosto Nº 594 
Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21 493-657 E-mail: snin@mre.gov.py  
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):   Personal hygiene 
products, cosmetics and perfumes 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Resolución GMC 
N° 07/11 Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre Lista de Sustancias de Acción 
Conservadora permitidas para Pr oductos de Higiene Personal, Cosméticos y Perfumes 
(Derogación de las Res.  GMC N° 05/99 y 72/00) (Common Market Group Resolution 
No. 07/11:  MERCOSUR Technical Regulation establishing the list of preservatives allowed in personal hygiene products, cosmet ics and perfumes (Abrogation of Common 
Market Group Resolutions Nos. 05/99 and 72/00)). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation updates the list of 
preservatives allowed in personal hygien e products, cosmetics and perfumes. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health G/TBT/N/PRY/53 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Decreto N° 10.116/2000 Por el cual se dispone la vigencia en la 
República del Paraguay de las Resoluciones aprobadas por el Grupo Mercado Común del 
MERCOSUR, referentes a Reglamentos Técnicos de productos para la Salud  
(Decree No. 10.116/2000 providing for the validity in the Republic of Paraguay of the 
Resolutions adopted by the MERCOSUR Common Market Group in respect of Technical Regulations on health products). 
Decreto N° 18.350/2002 Por el cual se dis pone la vigencia en la República del Paraguay 
de las Resoluciones aprobadas por el Grupo Mercado Común del MERCOSUR, referentes a Reglamentos Técnicos de productos para la Salud  (Decree No. 18.350/2002 providing for 
the validity in the Republic of Paraguay of  the Resolutions adopted by the MERCOSUR 
Common Market Group in respect of Technical Regulations on health products). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } 2012 
10. Final date for comments:   The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant comment s in the 60 days following notification. 
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: 
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN 
Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (MIC) Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333 Asunción, Paraguay 
Tel.: +(595) 21 616-3284 
Fax: +(595) 21 616-3084 E-mail: snin@mic.gov.py  
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/PRY/11_4419_00_s.pdf