. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/95
14 May 2003
(03-2551)
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 Health Policy, Regulation and Relations (SPRRS) and
Ministry of Agriculture, Livest ock, Fisheries and Food (SAGPA)
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 [  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):   Radars used to measure
motor vehicle speed – speed measurement devices.          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   "Speed Measurement
Devices" (3 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Requirements to be met by the speed monitoring devices referred
to in Article 1 of Resolution No. 753/98- SICYM (G/TBT/Notif.99.36), which have been
authorized for use by provisions of the National Directorate of Domestic Trade (DNCI), and
new devices entering the market, to be used until 30 June 2003.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To authorize the use of equipment that has undergone, or is undergoing, type
approval tests, where it has satisfied all the type approval tests established by Resolution
No. 753, of 6 November 1998, of the Ministry of  Industry, Trade and Mining, except for
those involving the assessment of electromagnetic susceptibility.
8. Relevant documents:   Resolution SDCDDC No. 41/2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 April 2003 (Official Journal)
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2003G/TBT/N/ARG/95
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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
Avda. J.A. Roca 651, Piso 4°, Sector 22 (1322), Buenos Aires
Fax:                  54 11 4349 4038
Telephone:       54 11 4349 4072
E-mail:              focalotc@mecon.gov.ar