WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/9
30 January 2001
(01-0484)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:   Ministry of Competition and Consumer Protection
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
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 [     ], 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 addition, where applicable):   Goods in general
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Resolution SDCC
No. 252/2000 (2 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:  Adaptation of the legislation governing indication of origin of
products manufactured in the country by ensuring that the words Industria Argentina or
Producción Argentina are displayed. Products of foreign origin must display the
information on origin on another label, separate from the main label.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To align the obligations pertaining to domestic and foreign products and to ensure, by
requiring the information to be displayed in a visible place with sufficiently large lettering
and reasonable colour contrast, that consumers can identify the products properly.
8. Relevant documents:    Law 22.802 and Resolution SC No. 100/83
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:-
8 November 2000
10. Final date for comments:   -
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Punto Focal de la República Argentina
Dirección Nacional de Comercio Interior
Avda. J. A. Roca 651 Piso 4o Sector 22 (1322) Buenos Aires
Fax:   54 11 4349 4038
Tel.:   54 11 4349 4037
E-mail:  vcamal@secind.mecon.gov.ar