. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/138
3 October 2003
(03-5216)
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 Executive
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:   Law No. 19.511 -
Regulations Governing Legal Metrology  (6 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   Abrogation of Decree No. 1157/1972 establishing regulations
under Law No. 19.511 and the substitution thereof with the Decree notified hereby.
Decree No. 788/2003 provid es for the following:
• New composition of the national service responsible for implementing the Law and the
corresponding assignation and redistribution of its duties;
• extension of the enforcement duties assigned to the National Institute of Industrial
Technology, all of which come within its sphere of scientific and technological
competence in metrological matters;
• the authority responsible for implementing the Law;
• adaptation of existing regulations with a view to incorporating MERCOSUR Common
Market Group Resolution No. 51/1997 into Argentine Legislation.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Preserve, by means of an effective inspection and monitoring body, the basic
principles of metrology, such as fairness in trade relations, user safety and the observance ofstandards of measurement designed to prevent deviations.
8. Relevant documents:   Decree No. 788/2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  19 September 2003  (Official Journal)
Proposed date of entry into force:  22 September 2003G/TBT/N/ARG/138
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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