63ª  Reunión Ordinaria del Comité de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio
Ginebra, 18-19 de junio de 2014

> Acta de la Reunión pdf

Actualizado al 10/06/2015

“El Comité OTC se ocupa de alimentos y bebidas saludables, pero no llega a un acuerdo sobre buenas prácticas.
Casi un tercio de las 46 preocupaciones comerciales específicas planteadas por los Miembros de la OMC, reunidos en el Comité de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio los días 18 y 19 de junio de 2014, se referían a la protección de la salud; se habló en particular de alimentos y bebidas saludables y de requisitos de etiquetado.”


> Reunión Anterior

Agenda

I. Adopción de la Agenda

II. Elección del Presidente

III. Implementación y Administración del Acuerdo

A. Declaraciones de los Miembros en virtud del Párr. 15 del Art. 2 del Acuerdo

> Nota de la Secretaría – Revisión (G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.13 pdf)
> Comunicación de Suiza – Revisión (G/TBT/2/Add.7/Rev.2 pdf)
> Comunicación de Malí – Addendum (G/TBT/2/Add.113 pdf)
> Comunicación del Canadá – Revisión (G/TBT/2/Add.6/Rev.3 pdf)

B.  Preocupaciones Comerciales Específicas

> Nuevas

    1. BRA: Brazil - Higher Risk Medical Devices Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Certification (Regulation) – India;

    2. CHN: China – Regulations for the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices (Order No. 650 of the State Council) (G/TBT/N/CHN/1022-1026 and 1029) (+Info)- Canada, European Union, United States;

    3. CHN: China - Safety Requirement for Lithium Ion Cells and Batteries used in Portable Electronic Equipment (G/TBT/N/CHN/1016) (Notice) – Japan, Korea;

    4. COL: Colombia - Draft Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Decree "Restructuring the National Quality Subsystem and amending Decree No. 2269 of 1993" – (G/TBT/N/COL/201) – Mexico;

    5. ECU: Ecuador - Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 189: "Labelling of alcoholic beverages" (G/TBT/N/ECU/243) - United States;

    6. ECU: Ecuador - Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 103: "Sugar confectionery” (G/TBT/N/ECU/123) - Panama;

    7. EU: European Union – Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (COM(2013) 195 final) - (G/TBT/N/EU/109) - United States;

    8. EU: European Union - Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers establishes the general principles, requirements and responsibilities goberning food information, and in particular food labelling (G/TBT/N/EU/143) – Indonesia;

    9. IDN: Indonesia – Regulation of Minister of Trade No. 10/M-DAG/PER/1/2014 concerning Amendment of Regulation of Minister of Trade No. 67/M-DAG/PER/11/2013 concerning Affixed Mandatory Label in Indonesian Language for Goods (G/TBT/N/IDN/85) (+info)- United States, European Union, Korea, Japan;

  1. 10. MDA: Moldova - Proposed Amendments to Law No. 278-XVI of 14 December 2007 on Tobacco and Tobacco Items (of 5 June 2014). (G/TBT/N/MDA/22) - Ukraine;

    2. 11. RUS: Russian Federation – Measure affecting import of Ukrainian dairy products - Ukraine

    12. SAU: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Certificate of Conformity (not notified) and GSO marking requirements for toys GSO Technical Regulation On Toys: Second Edition - BD-131704-01- United States, European Union;

    13. THA: Thailand – Draft Notification of the Alcoholic Beverages Control, Re: Rules, Procedure and condition for Labels of Alcoholic Beverages, issued under B.E (G/TBT/N/THA/437) - Canada, European Union, Mexico;

  2. 14. USA: United States - Formaldehyde; Third-Party Certification Framework for the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products (G/TBT/N/USA/828 -Add.1-2) Indonesia.

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> Anteriores:

    15. CHL: Chile – Proposed amendment to the Food Health Regulations, Supreme Decree No. 977: 96. (G/TBT/N/CHL/219 and Add.1, G/TBT/N/CHL/221) – Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Australia;

    16. CHN: China – China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) EMC Enforcement Notice for medical devices of 19 December 2012 - European Union, United States;

    17. CHN: China – China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) Notice 191 of 16 December 2013 – Free Sales Certificate for Imported Cosmetics - Canada, European Union, United States;

    18. CHN: China – Provisions for the Administration of Cosmetics Application Acceptance Cosmetics Label Instructions Regulations and Guidance for the Cosmetics Label Instructions (G/TBT/N/CHN/821 , G/TBT/N/CHN/937) - Japan, Korea, Canada, European Union;

    19. CHN: China – Requirements for information security products (including, inter alia, the OSCCA 1999 Regulation on commercial encryption products and its on-going revision and the Multi-Level Protection Scheme (MLPS)– European Union, Japan, United States;

    20. ECU: Ecuador - Resolution No. SENAE-DGN-2013-0300-RErelating to post‑entry control of imported alcoholic beverages - Canada, United States;

    21. ECU: Ecuador – Proposed Motor Vehicle Safety Regulatory Requirements (RTE INEN 034) (G/TBT/N/ECU/32/Add.5 y Add.6)  -Japan;

    22. ECU: Ecuador - Resolution establishing the "General conformity assessment framework for Ecuador" and the "Handbook of procedures to be observed prior to all stages of the customs clearance, marketing and market surveillance of manufactured, imported and marketed goods subject to Ecuadorian technical regulations  (G/TBT/N/ECU/44, Add.1-2-3) -  United States, European Union, Costa Rica, Switzerland;

    23. ECU: Ecuador  – Ministry of Public Health Executive Decree (Agreement) No. 00004522 amending the Sanitary Regulations for the Labelling of Processed Foods for Human Consumption - Canada;

    24. ECU: Ecuador  – Resolution No. 116 of the Foreign Trade Committee of Ecuador of 19 November 2013 and Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute RTE INEN 022 on the labelling of processed and packaged food products (G/TBT/N/ECU/19/Add.3-5/8) -  Costa Rica, European Union, United States, Switzerland, Brazil;

    25. Egypt – Turkish exports of bottled – Turkey

    26. EU: European Union - Draft Implementing Regulations amending Regulation (EC) No. 607/2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products (G/TBT/N/EEC/264 and Add.1) – Argentina, United States;

    27. EU: European Union - Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals REACH (ECHA); (G/TBT/N/EU/73) – China, United States, Australia;

    28. EU: European Union - Revised Proposal for the Categorization of Compounds as Endocrine Disruptors of 19 February 2013 by DG Environment (ECPA PP/13/AP/22658 - Rev.1)- United States;

    29. FRA: France – Recycling Triman Mark: "Draft Decree on a common set of symbols informing the consumer about recyclable products subject to a system of extended producer responsibility associated with waste sorting instructions" (G/TBT/N/FRA/153) -  United States, Canada, Mexico (+info);

    30. IDN: Indonesia – Ministry of Health Regulation 30/2013 on the inclusion of sugar, salt and fat content information, as well as health messages on the label of processed foods (G/TBT/N/IDN/84)- Canada, European Union, Switzerland, United States, Australia;

    31. IDN: Indonesia - Technical Guidelines for the Implementation of the Adoption and Supervision of Indonesian National Standards for Obligatory Toy Safety(G/TBT/N/IDN/64) - European Union, United States;

    32. IND: India – Labelling Regulations for Canola Oil - Canada;

    33. IND: India – Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012 (G/TBT/N/IND/44 and G/TBT/IND/44/Add.1-2-3) - Japan, Republic of Korea, European Union, United States;

    34. IND: India – Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 2007 (G/TBT/N/IND/33) - European Union;

    35. IND: India – Food Safety and Standards Regulation - Food labelling requirements (G/TBT/N/IND/34, G/TBT/N/IND/43, G/TBT/N/IND/46) - European Union, Japan;

    36. IND: India – New Telecommunications related Rules and accompanying template, "Security and Business Continuity Agreement"(TRAI) - Canada, European Union, United States, Japan;

    37. IND: India - Pneumatic tyres and tubes for automotive vehicles (IND/20/Add.1, IND/40/Rev.1) - Japan, Republic of Korea, European Union;

  1. 38. IRL: Ireland - Proposal to introduce standardised / plain packaging of tobacco products (G/TBT/N/IRL/1) - Concerned: Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Guatemala,  Cuba,  Honduras, Zimbabwe, Ukraine, Indonesia and Supporting:Australia, Norway, New Zealand, Uruguay, Chinese Taipei, Canada;

    2. 39. ITA: Italy - Testing requirement on import of steel cutlery products - India

    40. KOR: Korea – Regulation on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Material (G/TBT/N/KOR/305 y Add.1- CIRS) - United States, Japan;

    41. PER: Peru — Act 30.021 to Promote Healthy Eating Among Children and Adolescents - Canada, Mexico;

    42. PER: Peru — Implementing Law Nº 29811 by Decree Nº 008-2012-MINAM for Moratorium on Planting Genetically Engineered Crops  (Resolution MINAN 156/2013, 163/2013, 167/2013)  - United States (GAIN Report);

    43. RUS: Russia – Safety of products for children and adolescents (G/TBT/N/RUS/29 - CQC Sp. z o.o.)- European Union, Ukraine;

    44. RUS: Russian Federation – Draft Technical Regulation of the Customs Union on alcoholic products safety (G/TBT/N/RUS/2) (Gain Report RS1205)  - European Union, Mexico, Australia;

    45. RUS: Russian Federation – Measure affecting import of Ukrainian confectionary products -  Ukraine;

    46. THA: Thailand - Draft Thai Industrial Standard for Ceramic Tiles (TIS 2508-2555) (G/TBT/N/THA/407) -  European Union;

  1. C. Intercambio de Experiencias (Sesiones Temáticas)

>Sesión Temática Transparencia (G/TBT/GEN/167)

         - Uso coherente de los modelos de notificaciones - Recomendación (G/TBT/35)

> Sesión Temática Buenas Prácticas Regulatorias (G/TBT/GEN/168)

  1. D. Otros Asuntos

IV. Noveno Examen Trienal de Revisión

V. Actividades de Cooperación Técnica  

VI. Actualización de Observadores  

VII. Otros Asuntos

VIII. Fecha de la próxima Reunión: 5-6 de noviembre de 2014

 
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