. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/86
13 March 2003
(03-1458)
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 Regulatory Entity for Electricity (ENRE)
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 [  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):  Electrical power
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Guide to the
Minimum Requirements for the Transport Operator Public Safety System  (6 pages, inSpanish).
6. Description of content:  Establishment of the minimum standards required to mitigate the
possible risks to public safety which could arise from provision of the service;
implementation of reliable controls over the procedures and the supporting documentation
for transport operator reports; development of preventive mechanisms to address the risks
facing society given the inevitable presence of electrical equipment and installations; the
systematic application of modern technical tools, such as potential risk analysis, and use of
appropriate data-processing and statistical systems, inter alia .
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Public safety.
8. Relevant documents:  National Regulatory Entity for Electricity (ENRE) Resolution
No. 57/2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  28 January 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  180 days as from 28 January 2003
10. Final date for comments:   -G/TBT/N/ARG/86
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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 22 (1322) Buenos Aires
Fax:  (54 11) 4349-4038
Tel.:  (54 11) 4339-4037
E-mail: focalotc@mecon.gov.ar