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28 January  2021 
(21-0767) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 2 1 January 2 021, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Argentina . 
 
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Title: Ban on certain products containing mercury  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:  
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1: 
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:  
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):  
[X] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1: 
Law No. 26.184 http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/120000 -
124999/123408/norma.htm  
Law No. 27.356 http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/270000 -
274999/274800/norma.htm  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/ARG/interpretative_guidance/21_
0547_00_s.pdf  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description : Please be advised that Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Development 
Resolution (SAyDS) No. 443/2020 updates the guidelines for the definitive or temporary importation 
of the primary cells and batteries identified in Article 3 and of the appliances or articles containing 
such items either internally or externally, in accordance with Article 6 of Law No. 26.184.  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final measure/interpretative guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/ARG/356/Add.3  
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  Accordingly, Article 1 of the notified Resolution repeals the regulatory r esolutions of Law No. 26.184 
notified in documents G/TBT/N/ARG/208 and Add. 1 -3 thereto . The aforementioned Law remains in 
effect.  
The above does not apply to SAyDS Resolution No. 75/2019 ( G/TBT/N/ARG/356 ) implementing Law 
No. 27.356 approving the Minamata Convention on Mercury.  
Punto Focal OTC -OMC de la República Argentina  (TBT-WTO Focal Point of the Argentine Republic ) 
Avda. Julio A. R oca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB)  
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina  
Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar  
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