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20 April 2021 
(21-3352) 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 : ARGENTINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Comisión  Nacional de Alimentos , CONAL (National Food 
Commission)  
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:  
Enquiry point (see section 11)  
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) : Preserved 
vegetables (HS 20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución Conjunta "Código Alim entario Argentino (CAA) - Capítulo XI "Alimentos 
vegetales" Artículos 937, 938, 940, 941, 941 bis y 941 ter"  (Draft Joint Resolution 
"Argentine Food Code (CAA) - Chapter XI 'Plant -based food' - Articles 937, 938, 940, 941, 
941 bis and 941 ter") (14 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Joint Resolution, prepared by the National 
Food Commission (CONAL), amends Articles 937, 938, 940, 941, 941 bis and 941 ter 
concerning preserved vegetables, for updating purposes.  
7. Objective and  rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Update of the Argentine Food Code ; Other 
8. Relevant documents:  
EX-2020-86961642 -APN-DERA#ANMAT  
Standard for Certain Canned Vegetables, CODEX S TAN 297 -2007 (Adopted in 2015 . 
Amendment : 2011 and 2015) and Standard for Pickled Fruits and Vegetables, S TAN 
260-2007 (Adopted in 2007 . Amendment : 2015).  
9. Proposed date of adoption Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments : 30 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ARG/420  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Políticas para Mercado Interno (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market 
Policies)  
Area de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  (Technical Barriers to Trade Division)  
Avda. Julio A. R oca 651 Of. 423 A  
(C1067ABB) Buenos Aires  
Argentina  
focalotc@produccion.gob.ar  
http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar  
http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/f ormularios/registro_arg22.php  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/ARG/21_2852_00_s.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/ARG/21_2852_01_s.pdf  
 