WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/54
19 September 2002
(02-4993)
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:  LEGISLATIVE POWER AND EXECUTIVE POWER
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):  Medicinal preparations
for human use.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Law No. 25.627
approved on 31 July 2002 and enacted by Decree No. 1547 of 22 August 2002 (two pages,
in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  Includes among registered prescription drugs all medicinal
preparations for human use and application containing anabolic steroids.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of public health.
8. Relevant documents:  Law No. 17.565.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon adoption of implementing regulations.
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
Avda. J. A. Roca 651, 4th floor, Sector 22 (C1067ABB)
Buenos Aires
Tel.:  54 11 4349-4037
Fax:  54 11 4349-4038
E-mail:  vcamal@mecon.gov.ar