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Notifying Member: PARAGUAY

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

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Agency responsible:

Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, MSPBS (Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare)

Instituto Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición, INAN (National Food and Nutrition Institute)

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 Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Centro de Referencia de la OMC (WTO Reference Centre)

Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales (Directorate of Multilateral Economic Organizations)

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Palma casi 15 de Agosto Nº 594

Asunción, Paraguay

Tel.: (+595) (21) 4148802

Email: snin@mre.gov.py

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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): MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 21)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: PROYECTO DE DECRETO N°______ POR EL CUAL SE REGLAMENTA LA LEY N°7092/2023 "DE ROTULADO FRONTAL DE ADVERTENCIA DE ALIMENTOS ENVASADOS" (Draft Decree No.______ regulating Law No. 7092/2023 "Front of pack warning labelling for packaged foods"); (8 pages, in Spanish)

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Description of content: The draft Decree sets out that front of pack labelling shall be used for foods packaged in the absence of the consumer, marketed by any channel of sale in the national territory, for which current regulations require nutritional labelling, and the composition of the content of sugars, saturated fats and sodium exceeds the values set out in Law No. 7092/2023.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements

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Relevant documents:

Ley N° 7092/2023 "De Rotulado Frontal de Advertencia de Alimentos Envasados"

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 10 September 2023

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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:

(a) For questions on technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures, please contact the Coordination Unit of the National Information and Notification System (SNIN) at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC), at the following address:

Andrea Celeste Fernández Noguera

Unidad de Coordinación (Coordination Unit), Subsecretaría de Estado de Comercio (Under-Secretariat of State for Trade)

Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Industry and Trade)

Avda. Mariscal F. López 3333

Asunción

Tel.: (+595) (21) 616 3284

Fax: (+595) (21) 616 3084

Email: snin@mic.gov.py; andrea.fernandez@mic.gov.py

Website: http://www.snin.gov.py

(b) For WTO notifications, information and formal consultations by Member countries concerning TBT, the focal point is:

Centro de Referencias OMC

Dirección de Organismos Económicos Multilaterales - Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas e Integración

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

Palma casi 15 de Agosto, Nº 594

Asunción

Tel.: (+595) (21) 4148802

Email: snin@mre.gov.py