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21 April 2021 
(21-3430) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ARGENTINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Comisión Nacional de Alimentos , CONAL (National Food 
Commission)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Enquiry point (see section 11)  
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) : 
Technology adjuvants : Enzymes  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución Conjunta "Código Alimentario Argentino (CAA) - Capítulo XVI "Correctivos y 
Coadyuvantes" - Artículos 1263 : Enzimas"  (Draft Joint Resolution "Argentine Food Code 
(CAA) - Chapter XVI "Correctives and Processing Aids" - Article 1263 : Enzymes") (33 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft text prepared by the National Food 
Commission (CON AL) incorporates into Article 1263 of the CAA the following enzymes 
authorized as technology adjuvants for use in the food and beverage industry : Lactase 
obtained from Bacillus circulans , β-galactosidase  from Lactobacillus delbrueckii bulgaricus 
expressed in Bacillus subtilis and endo-1 3(4) -beta-glucanase  derived from  Trichoderma 
harzianum.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Update of the Argentine Food Code ; Other 
8. Relevant documents:  
EX-2020-43927965 -APN-DERA#ANMAT  
9. Proposed date of adoption Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments : 30 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ARG/422  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and f ax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Políticas para Mercado Interno (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market 
Policies)  
Area de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  (Technical Barriers to Trade Division)  
Avda. Julio A. R oca 651 Of. 423 A  
(C1067ABB) Buenos Aires  
Argentina  
focalotc@produccion.gob.ar  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar  
 
http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/registro_arg22.php  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/ARG/21_2854_00_s.pdf  
 