WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/81
29 January 2003
(03-0616)
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:   National Drug, Food and Medical Technology Administration
(ANMAT)
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:   idem  National
enquiry point
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):   Medicinal preparations
for human use
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   "Active Ingredient
Theophylline – Reference Products" (2 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   Establishes various reference products for the active ingredient
theophylline.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Health protection
8. Relevant documents:   ANMAT Regulation No. 7062/2002
9. Proposed date of adoption:  20 December 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  23 December 2002
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:
Focal Point of the Argentine Republic
National Directorate of Domestic Trade (DNCI)Avda. J.A. Roca, 4
th floor, Sector 22 (1322) Buenos Aires
Fax: 54 11 4349 4038
Tel: 54 11 4349 4037/67
E-mail: vcamal@mecon.gov.ar