. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/115
19 June 2003
(03-3299)
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:  Ministry of Competition, Deregulation and Consumer Protection
(SCDDC)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, E-mail address and Web
site) of the agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the
notification 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):  Articles of personal
protection designed to reduce industrial accident rates under foreseeable and normal
conditions of use.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Articles of Personal
Protection Designed to Reduce Industrial Accident Rates  (2 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  This Resolution provides for a new period of two hundred and
forty (240) calendar days for the recognition of certification bodies and laboratories. It
therefore establishes a temporary requirement for a declaration of product conformity withthe essential safety requirements laid down in Resolution No. 896/99-SICyM
(G/TBT/Notif.00/59). Such declarations must be backed up by test records and technical
memories attesting to product conformity or, failing that, by type-approval or conformity
mark certificates issued in accordance with Argentine Standards Institute (IRAM),
Mercosur, European or International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Ensure compliance with the essential safety requirements for articles of personal protection
designed to reduce industrial accident rates.
8. Relevant documents:  Ministry of Competition, Dere gulation and Consumer Protection
(SCDDC) Resolution No. 63/2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  16 May 2003 (Official Journal)
Proposed date of entry into force:  26 May 2003
10. Final date for comments:  -G/TBT/N/ARG/115
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11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of another body:  
Focal Point of the Argentine Republic
National Directorate of Domestic Trade (DNCI)
Avda. J. A. Roca 651, 4th floor, Sector 2, (C 1067ABB) Buenos Aires
Fax:  (54 11) 4349-4072
Tel.:  (54 11) 4349-4067
E-mail:  focalotc@mecon.gov.ar