. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/126
21 August 2003
(03-4355)
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 Directorate of Domestic Trade (DNCI)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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):  Low voltage electrical
equipment
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   L o w  V o l t a g e
Electrical Equipment - List of Products Subject to Control  (8 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  List of low voltage electrical equipment the compliance of which
with the essential safety requirements established by former Ministry of Industry, Trade and
Mining (S.I.C. y M.) Resolution No. 92/98 will be checked by the Directorate-General of
Customs upon their entry into Argentina. The failure to include one or a group of productsin this list does not exempt it or them from compliance with the certification or conformity
declaration requirements laid down in former Ministry of Competition, Deregulation and
Consumer Protection (SC DDC) Resolution No. 76/2002.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Low voltage electrical equipment marketed in Argentina must meet the essential
safety requirements established by law. The products subject to mandatory submission of
documentation demonstrating compliance with such requirements and those subject toCustoms controls have now been defined. Following detection of the entry into Argentina of
low voltage electrical products which are not covered by the present Customs control
system, it was considered advisable to include the products listed in Annex 1 of the notified
Regulation in the register of goods subject to such control.
8. Relevant documents:   National Directorate of Domestic Trade (DNCI) Regulation
No. 613/2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:  17 July 2003  (Official Journal)
Proposed date of entry into force:  18 July 2003G/TBT/N/ARG/126
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10. Final date for comments:   Not indicated
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the 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