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4 September  2019 
(19-5670) 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 : PARAGUAY  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Industria y Comercio , MIC (Ministry of Industry and 
Trade)  
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:  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Centro de Referencia de la OMC  (WTO Reference Centre)  
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales  (Directorate of Multilateral Economic 
Organizations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Palma casi 15 de agosto Nº 594  
Asunción, Paraguay  
Tel.: (+595) 21 -493-657 
Email: snin@mre.gov.py  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 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) : Safety 
belts (8708.21.00)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución del Grupo Mercado Común : "Reglamento Técnico Mercosur de Cinturones de 
Seguridad"  (Draft Common Market Group Resolution : "MERCOSUR Technical Regulation 
on safety belts") (2 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The draft text provides for the adoption as "MERCOSUR 
Technical Regulation on safety belts" of UNECE Regulation No. 16, with the considerations 
listed in the Annex, which is part of the notified Res olution, or, alternatively, the 
acceptance of the recognition by the States Parties of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 
Standard (FMVSS) Nos 209 and 210.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Human safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
• MERCOSUR/LXIX SGT N° 3/ P . RES. N° XX/19;  
• UNECE Regulation No. 16; 
• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) Nos 209 and 210.  G/TBT/N/PRY/113  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments : The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant comments in the 60 days following notification.  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN, del Ministerio de Industria y Comercio  (MIC) (National 
Information and Notification System (SNIN) Coordination Unit of the Ministry of Industry 
and Trade ): 
Avda. Mariscal F. L ópez 3333  
Asunción - Paraguay  
Tel.: (+595) 21 -616-3284 
Fax: (+595) 21 -616-3084 
Email: snin@mic.gov.py  
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