WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/27
3 October 2001
(01-4751)
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 Drug, Food and Medical Technology Administration
(ANMAT)
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:   Avda. de Mayo
869 Buenos Aires;  Tel: 54 11 4340 0800;  Fax: 54 11 4340 4578;
URL:  www.anmat.gov.ar;  Ema il:  webmaster@anmat.gov.ar.
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:   ANMAT Provision
No. 4236/2001, (3 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   The marketing and use of all medicinal preparations containing
Cerivastatin as the active ingredient are suspended.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Due to the occurrence of serious harmful effects caused by Cerivastatin in general,
and when used with Gemfibrozil, and/or the administration of high doses of Cerivastatin.
8. Relevant documents:   -
9. Proposed date of adoption:  -
Proposed date of entry into force:  14 August 2001
10. Final date for comments:
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:
Punto Focal de la Republica Argentina
Dirección Nacional de Comercio Interior
Avda. J. A. Roca 651 Piso 4º Sector 22 (1322) Buenos Aires
Tel: 54 11 4349 4037Fax: 54 11 4349 4038
E-mail: vcamal@secind.mecon.gov.ar