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1 February  2021 
(21-0845) 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 : Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas , 
SENAVE (National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle c omments 
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 additio n, where applicable) : 
Strawberries  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Resolución del Grupo Mercado Común "Reglamento Técnico Mercosur de Identidad y 
Calidad de Frutilla"  (Derogación de la Resolución GMC N° 85/9 6) (Draft Common Market 
Group (GMC) Resolution "MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the identity and quality of 
strawberries" (Repeal of GMC Resolution No. 85/96)) (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation lays down the identity and 
quality requirements to be met by strawberries in natura  after preparation and packaging.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of healt h; Quality requirements ; Protection of human health or 
safety  
8. Relevant documents : Resoluciones N° 85/96, 38/98, 12/06 y 45/17 del Grupo del 
Mercado Común  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not applicable  G/TBT/N/PRY/121  
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  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  (SNIN Coordinating Unit)  
Ministerio de Industria y Comercio , MIC (Ministry of Industry 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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