. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ARG/14
15 May 2001
(01-2475)
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 and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of the agency or  authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification, if different from above:
Avda. de Mayo 869, Buenos Aires.
Tel.:  54-11 4340-0800Fax:  54-11 4340-4578
URL:  www.anmat.gov.ar
E-mail:  webmaster@anmat.gov.ar
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [  X ], 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):  Drugs, cosmetics and
devices for medical use.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  ANMAT Resolution
No. 554/2001 , 2 pages in Spanish.
6. Description of content:  Temporarily  suspends, with regard to certain countries, the
application of Appendices I and III of Resolution No. 1678/96 concerning control of the
main active ingredients, excipients and components of drugs, cosmetics and devices for
medical use imported into Argentina in view of the risk of transmission of BovineSpongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To safeguard public health.
8. Relevant documents:  G/TBT/Notif.96/218
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:G/TBT/N/ARG/14
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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:  
Punto Focal de la República Argentina
Dirección Nacional de Comercio InteriorAvda. J. A. Roca 651, Piso 4°, Sector 22
(1322) Buenos Aires
Tel.:  54 11 4349-4038
Fax:  54 11 4349-4037
E-mail:  vcamal@secind.mecon.gov.ar