|
World Trade
Organization
|
|
|
|
|
G/TBT/N/PER/8
10 November 2004
|
|
|
(04-4766)
|
|
|
|
|
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
|
Original: Spanish
|
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
|
1.
|
Member to Agreement notifying: PERU
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
|
|
2.
|
Agency responsible: Ministry of Production
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
|
|
3.
|
Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:
|
|
4.
|
Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Tariff heading 8506: Primary cells and primary batteries (National Tariff subheading 8506.80.90.00: Other)
|
|
5.
|
Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Technical Regulation on Zinc-Carbon Cells and Batteries (5 pages, in Spanish).
|
|
6.
|
Description of content: This draft Technical Regulation establishes the technical and marking and labelling requirements, inter alia, to be met by zinc-carbon cells and batteries.
|
|
7.
|
Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Prevention of practices that could endanger human life and safety.
|
|
8.
|
Relevant documents:
1. Publication where notice appears: Not stated.
2. Proposal and basic document: Not stated.
3. Publication in which proposal will appear when adopted:
Official Journal El Peruano.
4. Relevant international/national standards:
- International Technical Standards IEC 60086-1 and IEC 60086-2;
- Technical Standard of the American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM E 536 and National Technical Standard NTP 370.012:1976 (item 5 on sampling).
|
|
9.
|
Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:
|
}
|
To be determined
|
|
10.
|
Final date for comments: 18 January 2005
|
|
11.
|
Texts available from:
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
|