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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

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, "POR EL CUAL SE APRUEBA EL REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO SOBRE LA COMPOSICIÓN Y ETIQUETADO DE ALIMENTOS ENVASADOS LIBRES DE GLUTEN COMERCIALIZADOS EN EL TERRITORIO NACIONAL" (Draft Decree approving the Technical Regulation on the composition and labelling of packaged gluten-free foods marketed in Paraguayan territory) (7 page(s), in Spanish)

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Description of content: The Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare, through the National Food and Nutrition Institute, is submitting for public consultation the draft Decree approving the Technical Regulation on the composition and labelling of packaged gluten-free foods marketed in Paraguayan territory.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade

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Relevant documents:

Law No. 6072/2018 establishing control measures for gluten-free products, as amended by Law No. 6914/2022

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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: 30 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:

(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: https://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 (Under-Secretariat for Economic Relations and Integration)

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

Palma casi 15 de Agosto, Nº 594

Asunción

Tel.: (+595) (21) 4148802

Email: snin@mre.gov.py