. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/106
26 May 2003
(03-2812)
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 Industry, Trade and Mining (SICM)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:   idem  National
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):  Light passenger vehicles
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Model Configuration
Permit  (8 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:  Four (4)-wheel light passenger vehicles known as quadricycles,
with a steering wheel, unicycle-style seat, gear mechanism (whether or not with a reverse
gear) and with or without a trailer hitch are exempt from the Model Configuration Permitrequirement.
Such vehicles can only use public roads when they meet the necessary technical
requirements and obtain the corresponding Model Configuration Permit in accordance with
the procedure established in the Resolution.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Adapt national legislation to the situation of certain vehicles the specific
characteristics of which make them unsuitable for use on public roads and for which a
Model Configuration Permit is therefore not required. Likewise, provide for the special
situation of vehicles known as quadricycles which meet the technical conditions required to
use public roads and establish a procedure therefor.
8. Relevant documents:  Ministry of Industry, Trade and Mining (SICM) Resolution
No. 108/2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  22 April 2003 (Official Journal)
Proposed date of entry into force:  23 April 2003
10. Final date for comments:   -G/TBT/N/ARG/106
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Focal Point of the Argentine Republic
National Directorate of Domestic Trade (DNCI)
Avda. J. A. Roca 651, 4th floor, Sector 22, (1322) Buenos Aires
Fax:  (54 11) 4349-4038
Tel.:  (54 11) 4349-4072
E-mail:  focalotc@mecon.gov.ar