. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/142
22 October 2003
(03-5586)
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 Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI)
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 [    ], 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):   Measuring instruments
and apparatus
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Measuring
Instruments and Apparatus - Declaration of  Conformity  (2 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   To apply for authorization from the National Institute of
Industrial Technology (INTI) to issue declarations of conformity for regulated measuringinstruments, all manufacturers and importers must request, by 30 October 2003, an audit of
the test(s) which they currently perform for the respective initial testing.
To retain authorization to issue declarations of conformity as from 19 January 2004,
the following must be attested to before the INTI:
- Compliance with the provision in the above paragraph;
- calibration of the standards used in initial testing by the INTI or by a
laboratory which is either a member of the Argentine Calibration Service(SAC) or in compliance with International Organization for Standardization
Standard ISO 17025 and which is audited by the INTI; and
- the existence of written procedures for all of the tests, calibration and
verification required to ensure the conformity of the end product; the INTI
will determine whether there is a need to conduct an audit to assess theimplementation of these procedures.
As from 19 May 2004, compliance with the requirements laid down in points 5.1,
5.2, 5.3 and 5.5 of Annex II to Technical Coordination Secretariat  (SCT) Resolution
No. 48/2003 (G/TBT/N/ARG /139) must be attested to before the INTI in order to be
granted authorization to issue declarations of conformity.G/TBT/N/ARG/142
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
  Bring procedures into line with curr ent legislation (G/TBT/N/ARG/138-139-140).
8. Relevant documents:   National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI) Resolution
No. 364/2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  14 October 2003  (Official Journal)
Proposed date of entry into force:  30 October 2003
10. Final date for comments:   -
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 2
(C1067ABB) Buenos AiresTel.:  (54 11) 4349-4067
Fax:  (54 11) 4349-4072
E-mail:  focalotc@mecon.gov.ar
Web site:  http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar