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15 May 2019 
(19-3390) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : PARAGUAY  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Industria y Comercio , MIC (Ministry of Industry and 
Trade)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Centro de Referencia de la OMC  (WTO Reference Centre)  
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales  (Directorate of Multilateral Economic 
Organizations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Palma casi 15 de agosto Nº 594  
Asunción, Paraguay  
Tel.: (+595) 21 -493-657 
Email: snin@mre.gov.py   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 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) : 
Anchorages for safety -belts and ch ild restraint systems (HS 8708)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución del Grupo Mercado Común : "Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR sobre Anclajes 
de Cinturones de Seguridad y de los Anclajes de los Sistemas de Retención Infantil"  (Draft 
Common Market Group Resolution : "MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on safety -belt 
anchorages and child restraint system anchorages") (91 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft text establishes t he requirements to be met 
by safety -belt anchorages and child restraint system anchorages in certain motor 
vehicles.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Human safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Draft MERCOSUR Technical Regulation MERCOSUR/LXVIII SGT No. 3/ P. RES. 
No. 07/19  
• UNECE Regulation No. 14 and Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 
No. 225. G/TBT/N/PRY/109  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments : The Paraguayan authorities will respond to requests for 
documents and receive any relevant comments in the 60 days following notification.  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Unidad de Coordinación del SNIN, del Ministerio de Industria y Comercio, MIC  (National 
Information and Notification System (SNIN) Coordination Unit of the Ministry of I ndustry 
and Trade)  
Avda. Mariscal F. L ópez 3333  
Asunción - Paraguay  
Tel.: (+595) 21 -616-3284 
Fax: (+595) 21 -616-3084 
Email: snin@mic.gov.py  
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