Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Panama - Vitamin, dietary and food supplements with therapeutic properties

NOTIFICATION

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

 

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Notifying Member: PANAMA

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

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Agency responsible:

Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health)

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 Salud

Dirección General de Salud Pública (Directorate-General of Public Health)

Calle Culebra, Ancón Antiguo Hospital Gorgas, detrás del Instituto Oncológico

Panamá, Panama

Tel.: 512-9100

Email: consultapublicadnfd@minsa.gob.pa

Website: http://www.minsa.gob.pa

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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): Tariff code: 2106.90.62.00.90

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Resolución Ministerial "Que establece la reglamentación para la inscripción de Suplementos Vitamínicos, Dietéticos y Alimenticios con Propiedades Terapéuticas" (Ministerial Resolution establishing the regulations for the registration of vitamin, dietary and food supplements with therapeutic properties) (15 pages, in Spanish)

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Description of content: The notified Resolution will regulate the registration with the National Pharmacy and Drugs Directorate of vitamin, dietary and food supplements with therapeutic properties.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The purpose of the notified Resolution is to update the current regulations, which date from 29 May 2019, in order to ensure that the sanitary registration process for vitamin, dietary and food supplements is consistent with Law No. 1 of 10 January 2001. The regulations will be updated based on the contributions received from the local industry, the Technical Advisory Committee and other bodies through the national and international public consultations.

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Relevant documents:

·        Law No. 1 of 10 January 2001

·        Executive Decree No. 13 of 1 March 2023

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after adoption

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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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:

Ministerio de Salud

Dirección Nacional de Dispositivos Médicos (National Directorate for Medical Devices)

Calle Culebra, Ancón Antiguo Hospital Gorgas, detrás del Instituto Oncológico

Panamá, Panama

Tel.: 512-9100

Email: consultapublicadnfd@minsa.gob.pa

Official responsible: Ramón Jaén Peralta

Website: http://www.minsa.gob.pa

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