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Notifying Member: ARGENTINA
If applicable, name of local government involved
(Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
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Agency responsible: Secretaría de Comercio (Secretariat of
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: Servicio de Información (Enquiry
point)
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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ],
other:
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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national
tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Textile products and footwear.
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Declaración Jurada de
Composición de Productos (DJCP) (Sworn
Declaration of Product Composition (DJCP)) (5 pages, in Spanish)
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Description of content: Domestic
producers and importers of textile products and footwear will be required to
submit to the Secretariat of Trade a Sworn Declaration of Product Composition
(DJCP) on the percentage composition of fibres, in the case of the former, or
of constituent materials, in the case of the latter, with a view to
supporting the veracity of the information displayed on the labels of such
products, where appropriate.
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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems
where applicable: The notified text seeks to
adapt existing conditions and requirements governing the implementation of
control and verification instruments, so as to ensure that consumers have
access to adequate and accurate information on the materials used to make
textiles and footwear.
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Relevant documents: Resolución ex MEyOySP Nº 850/1996; Resolución
ex SDCyC N° 287/2000 (Resolución GMC N° 9/2000); Resolución ex SICyM Nº 508/1999; Resolución ex SDCDyDC Nº 44/2003; Resolución ex SIyC N° 52/2011.
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Proposed date of adoption: 6 December 2016
Proposed date of entry into force: 4 February 2017
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Final date for comments: 5 January 2017
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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address,
telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of
other body:
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/ARG/16_5021_00_s.pdf
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