. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/LIC/N/2/ARG/17 
15 September 2009 
 
 (09-4328) 
Committee on Import Licensing Original:   Spanish 
  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
 
Notification under Article 5
 
 
ARGENTINA 
 
  Pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, I have the pleasure 
of hereby notifying the adoption of Resolution MP 121/2009
* amending notifications 
G/LIC/N/ARG/15 and G/LIC/N/ARG/16 of 19 January  2009 and 19 March 2009 respectively, which 
amended the tariff items subject to non-automatic licensing. 
 
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Notification on the customs clearance procedure for certain import operations  
involving definitive entry for consumption  
  
(a) List of products subject to licensing procedures 
 Application of the provisions of notificati on G/LIC/N/2/ARG/15 relating to goods classified 
under MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature (N CM) tariff items 73.18.14.00 and 
7318.15.00 is suspended for 30 days (from the date of publication of the regulation). 
  Goods listed in Annex I to Resolution No. 61/09 notified in document G/LIC/N/2/ARG/16 
are replaced by MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature (NCM) tariff items 8211.10.00, 8211.91.00, 8215.20.00, 8215.99.10, 8211.92.10, 8433.51.00, 8523.40.11, 8527.21.10, 
8701.90.90, 9401.30.10, 9401.30.90, 9401.40.10, 9401.40.90, 9401.51.00, 9401.59.00, 
9401.61.00, 9401.69.00, 9401.71.00, 9401.79.00, 9401.80.00, 9401.90.10, 9401.90.90 (other than the parts of seats of a kind used for motor vehicles, aircraft and other means of 
transport), 9403.10.00, 9403.20.00, 9403.30.00, 9403.40.00, 9403.50.00, 9403.60.00, 9403.70.00, 9403.81.00, 9403.89.00, 9403.90.10, 9403.90.90, 9607.11.00, 9607.19.00 and 
9607.20.00. 
 
(b) Contact point for information on eligibility 
 Undersecretariat of Trade Policy and Management  of the Secretariat of Industry, Trade and 
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of the Ministry of Production. 
 
                                                     
 
* Available for consultation in the Secretariat,  Market Access Division (in Spanish only). G/LIC/N/2/ARG/17 
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  (c) Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications 
 Imports Department of the National Forei gn Trade Management Directorate, under the 
Undersecretariat of Trade Policy and Management  of the Secretariat of Industry, Trade and 
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. 
 (d) Date and name of publication where th e licensing procedures are published 
 Ministry of Production Resolution No. 121/2009 of 14 April 2009 (published in the 
Official Journal of 15 April 2009). 
 
(e) Indication of whether the licensing procedu re is automatic or non-automatic according 
to definitions contained in Articles 2 and 3 
 The procedure is non-automatic. 
 
(f) In the case of automatic import licensing  procedures, their administrative purpose 
 There are no automatic procedures. 
 
(g) In the case of non-automatic import licensi ng procedures, indication of the measure 
being implemented through the licensing procedure 
 The import licensing procedure for miscellaneous  products and metallurgi cal products aims to 
establish a pre-release verification mechanism to  monitor and control imports of such goods. 
 (h) Expected duration of the licensing proce dure if this can be estimated with some 
probability and, if not, reason why this information cannot be provided 
 The expected duration of the procedure is cons istent with Article 3.5(f) of the Agreement on 
Import Licensing Procedures. 
 
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