Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Peru - Enrichment of rice

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.

 

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Notifying Member: PERU

If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Ministerio de Salud, MINSA (Ministry of Health)

Av. Salaverry 801

Jesús María - Lima, Lima, Peru

Tel.: (+51-1) 315-6600

Email: webmaster@minsa.gob.pe

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:

Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo, MINCETUR (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism)

Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru

Tel.: (+51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 1223 or 1239

Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 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): - Husked (brown) rice (HS Code(s): 1006.20); - Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed (HS Code(s): 1006.30); - Broken rice (HS code(s): 1006.40)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de Reglamento de la Ley N° 31348, Ley que propone el enriquecimiento del arroz en el Perú (Draft regulations implementing Law No. 31348, Law providing for the enrichment of rice in Peru) (5 pages, in Spanish)

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Description of content: The purpose of the draft regulations is to establish the regulatory provisions of Law No. 31348, which provides for the enrichment of rice in Peru, which apply to domestic or foreign natural or legal persons (millers, importers, suppliers of social food programmes, etc.), involved in the rice production and consumption chain, within the framework of their competencies.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Quality assurance and nutritional surveillance

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Relevant documents:

1. Ley N° 26842, Ley General de Salud.

2. Decreto Legislativo N° 1504, Decreto Legislativo que fortalece al instituto nacional de salud para la prevención y control de las enfermedades.

3. Ley N° 31348, Ley que propone el enriquecimiento del arroz en el Perú.

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: Twelve months after publication in the Official Journal, El Peruano.

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo, MINCETUR (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism)

Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru

Tel.: (+51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 1223 or 1239

Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe

Ministerio de Salud, MINSA (Ministry of Health)

Av. Salaverry 801

Jesús María - Lima, Lima, Peru

Tel.: (+51-1) 315-6600

Email: webmaster@minsa.gob.pe

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/PER/22_6516_00_s.pdf