Punto Focal

75ª Reunión Ordinaria del Comité de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio
Ginebra, 20-21 de junio de 2018

Actualizado al 13 de julio de 2018

“En la reunión del Comité de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio (OTC) celebrada del 19 al 21 de junio, los Miembros de la OMC prosiguieron el examen trienal del Acuerdo OTC, proponiendo ideas sobre cómo mejorar la aplicación del Acuerdo. Los Miembros presentaron 11 nuevas propuestas en el marco del examen que, según está previsto, el Comité concluirá en noviembre de 2018. Los Miembros también examinaron 61 preocupaciones comerciales específicas, ocho de las cuales son nuevas...” (+Info)

Agenda Tentativa

I. Adopción de la Agenda

II. Elección del Presidente

III. Implementación y Administración del Acuerdo

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

> 23° Examen Anual de Revisión (G/TBT/40)

B. Preocupaciones Comerciales Específicas

> Nuevas

1. BRA: Brasil - Proyecto de Resolución técnica Nº 51/2017, relativo al etiquetado de bebidas, vino y derivados de la uva (G/TBT/N/BRA/719) - Unión Europea (+Info);
2. COL: Colombia – Resolución N° 721/2018 Reglamento Técnico para Pilas Zinc-Carbón y Alcalinas que se importen o fabriquen nacionalmente (G/TBT/N/COL/228/Add.1) – México (+Info);
3. ECU: Ecuador - Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 088 (1R) "Agentes de tensión superficial" (G/TBT/N/ECU/117/Rev.1) – México (+Info);
4. IDN: Indonesia - Reglamento RI N° 14 del Presidente del NADFC, de 2016, relativo a la inocuidad y los criterios de calidad de las bebidas alcohólicas (G/TBT/N/IDN/110) – México (+Info);

5. IDN: Indonesia - National Standard and certification requirements for the import of biscuits (G/TBT/N/IDN/105/Add.1) – Suiza (+Info)
6. IND: India - Procedimiento de ensayo y de certificación de telégrafos (Reglamento de Telégrafos de la India [Modificación], de 2017) (G/TBT/N/IND/66) - Estados Unidos (+Info) (G/TBT/W/540);
7. USA: Estados Unidos - Certificación por la TSA de equipos de control de seguridad – China (+Info) :
8. USA: Estados Unidos - Programa de ahorro de energía: Normas de eficiencia energética aplicables a los compresores (G/TBT/N/USA/1132/Add.2) – China (+Info);

> Anteriores

C. Intercambio de Experiencias

> VIII Examen Trienal

Temas tratados a partir de las propuestas de los Miembros:

- Transparencia: Estados Unidos (G/TBT/W/535); Suiza (G/TBT/W/536), Australia (G/TBT/W/537)
- Etiquetado: Unión Europea (G/TBT/W/534)
- Evaluación de Riesgo, Infraestructura y Certificación: Taipei Chino (G/TBT/W/530); Estados Unidos (G/TBT/W/531); Brasil (G/TBT/W/533)
- Uso de Normas en la regulación: Canadá (G/TBT/W/529)
- Género: Canadá (G/TBT/W/532)
- Mejorar la Asistencia Técnica: Filipinas, Mauritania y Uganda (G/TBT/W/538/Rev.1)
- Lograr mayor eficiencia en la tarea del Comité: Brasil (G/TBT/W/533 Sección 2) y Estados Unidos (G/TBT/W/539)

D. Otros Asuntos

IV. Actividades de Cooperación Técnica

La Secretaría de la OMC proporcionará información actualizada acerca del Sistema de aviso de notificaciones MSF y OTC -ePing.

V. Otros Asuntos

VI. Fecha de la próxima Reunión: 14-15 de noviembre de 2018

> Anteriores

9. CHN: China — (ID 551) Chinese Environmental protection control standards for imported solid waste as raw materials (G/TBT/W/547) - Australia, European Union, United States;

10. CHN: China — (ID 547) Certification requirements for processed foods (G/TBT/N/CHN/1209 and Add. 1 , +Info) - European Union, Guatemala, United States, Korea;

11. CHN: China — (ID 545) Catalogue of Solid Wastes Forbidden to Import (G/TBT/N/CHN/1211, +Info) (G/TBT/W/546) – New Zealand, United States, Canada, Australia;

12. China — (ID 534)Draft revised Encryption Law of the People's Republic of China by the Office of State Commercial Cryptography Administration (OSCCA) - Japan, United States, European Union, Australia;

13. CHN: China — (ID 533) Cybersecurity Review of Network Products and Services (CAC) - European Union, Japan, United States, Korea, Canada;

14. CHN: China –(ID 526) Cyber Security Law - United States, European Union, Japan, Korea, Australia;

15. CHN: China - (ID 509) National Standards on Limits of Volatile Organic Compounds for Furniture (G/TBT/N/CHN/1094/S.1, CHN/1095/S.1 – CHN/1096/S.1) - European Union;

16. CHN: China - (ID 493) Formula Registration Regulation for Infant and Follow-Up Formula (G/TBT/N/CHN/1165) - European Union, United States;

17. CHN: China - (ID 489) Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) Information and Communication Technology Regulation (G/TBT/N/CHN/1057, G/TBT/N/CHN/1172) (+Info) - Japan, United States, European Union, Australia;

18. CHN: China - (ID 477) Interim Measures for Quality Management of Commercial Coal (G/TBT/N/CHN/1057) (Circular PNI1504 + Info) – Australia;

19. CHN: China - (ID 466) Registration Fees for Drugs and Medical Device Products - Republic of Korea, Australia;

20. CHN: China - (ID 457) Banking IT Equipment Security Regulation – Japan, United States, European Union, Australia;

21. CHN: China - (ID 428) Regulations for the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices (Order No. 650 of the State Council) (G/TBT/N/CHN/1022-1026 and 1029) - European Union, (G/TBT/W/556), Republic of Korea;

22. CHN: China - (ID 296) Provisions for the Administration of Cosmetics Application Acceptance CFDA Regulatory Guide (G/TBT/N/CHN/821 , G/TBT/N/CHN/937) - European Union, Japan, Switzerland;

23. CHN: China - (ID 294) Requirements for information security products, including, inter alia, the Office of State Commercial Cryptography Administration (OSCCA) 1999 Regulation on commercial encryption products and its on-going revision and the Multi-Level Protection Scheme (MLPS) – (Notice 11/7/2016) - European Union, Japan, United States, Korea;

24. EGY-Egypt: (ID 505) Manufacturer Registration System (Decree 43/2016 and Decree 992/2015) (G/TBT/N/EGY/114, G/TBT/N/EGY/115) - European Union, Brazil, Canada, Thailand;

25. EAC: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi (ID 510) East African Community (EAC) alcoholic beverage standards (G/TBT/N/KEN/472-477, G/TBT/N/KEN/479, 482, 483, KEN/556-561, KEN/563-565, KEN/567) (G/TBT/W/544) -United States, European Union;

26. EU: European Communities - (ID 345) 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/EU/44, G/TBT/N/EEC/264/Add.1) - Argentina (G/TBT/W/549), United States, Brazil;

27. EU: European Communities - (ID 393) Revised Proposal for the Categorization of Compounds as Endocrine Disruptors of 19 February 2013 by DG Environment (G/TBT/N/EU/383 and Add.1, EU/384 and Add.1, G/SPS/N/EU/166, EU/166/Add.1) – Argentina, Canada, United States (G/TBT/W/541), Israel, Costa Rica, Brazil, Guatemala, Panama, Thailand, India, Australia, New Zealand;

28. EU: European Communities - (ID 448) Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation (Common Criteria) certification in the EU (ENISA) ( - ) - China;

29. EU: European Union — (ID 535) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 - non-renewal of approval of the active substance picoxystrobin (G/TBT/N/EU/437) – Brazil;

30. EU: European Union – (ID 524) Organic production and labelling - Mate (yerba-mate) (Regulation N° 834/2007 - G/TBT/N/EU/211) – Brazil;

31. EU: European Union — (ID 553) Amendments to the Directive 2009/28/EC, Renewable Energy Directive - Malaysia(G/TBT/W/548), Indonesia, Colombia, Honduras, Ecuador, Costa Rica, thalnd;

32. EU: European Union — (ID 555) Application of Regulation No. 1169/2011 and Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 as regards the labelling of food products, in not prohibiting or examining the use of "palm oil free" labels - Colombia, Indonesia, Ecuador, Malaysia, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Thailand;

33. EU: European Union - (ID 550) Establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco (G/TBT/N/EU/505 - 506 - 507) - Cuba (G/TBT/W/545)

34. EU: European Union (ID 512) — Quality Schemes for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs (G/TBT/EU/139/Add.1) - Geographical Indications for Cheese: Havarti and Danbo (Denmark applications)- Uruguay (G/TBT/W/543), United, States, European Union;

EU: European Union (ID 539) — Titanium dioxide: Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP Regulation), Annex VI, Part 2 - United States;

36. IDN: Indonesia - (ID 502) Halal ;Product Assurance Law No. 33 of 2014 (-) - United States, European Union (G/TBT/W/557), Brazil, Australia;

37. IDN : Indonesia - (ID 328) Technical Guidelines for the Implementation of the Adoption and Supervision of Indonesian National Standards for Obligatory Toy Safety (G/TBT/N/IDN/64 - Add.1- Add.2) - United States, European Union, Japan;

38. IND: India - (ID 494) Draft Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages Standards) Regulations, 2015 (G/TBT/N/IND/51) - European Union,Japan;

39. IND: India - (ID 133) Pneumatic tyres and tubes for automotive vehicles (IND/20/Add.1, IND/40/Rev.1) – European Union;

40. IND: India - (ID 274) New Telecommunications related Rules and accompanying template, "Security and Business Continuity Agreement (TRAI) - European Union, United States, Japan, Canada;

41. IND: India - (ID 367) - Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012 (G/TBT/N/IND/44 and G/TBT/IND/44/Add.1-2-3-4, G/TBT/N/IND/47, G/TBT/N/IND/47/Add.1 y Add.2) - European Union, United States, Republic of Korea, Canada, Rusian Federation;

42. IND: India - (ID 486) The Stainless Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2015 (G/TBT/N/IND/50) - European Union;

43. IND: India — (ID 546) Amended regulation on toy imports (+Info) - European Union, China, United States, Canada;

44. GCC Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain, State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (G/TBT/N/SAU/669 )— (ID 442) The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Draft Technical Regulation for "Requirements of Handling Energy Drinks" - European Union, Switzerland;

ISR: Israel — (ID 552) Addendum to the Pharmacist Regulations (Cosmetics 5778-2018) (G/TBT/N/ISR/709/Add.2) - European Union, United states, Switzerland, Korea;

46. IRL: Ireland - (ID 516) Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 (G/TBT/N/IRL/2) – Mexico, United States, Argentina,Guatemala, New Zealand, Australia, Chile;

47. ITA: Italy – (ID 530) Labelling requirements of the origin of grains used in the preparation of dried pasta – Canada, Brazil. Argentina (G/TBT/W/552) , Mexico;

48. KAZ: Kazakhstan, Russian Federation - (ID 514) The amendments No. 2 to the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union on Safety of Toys (TP MC 008/2011) -(G/TBT/N/KAZ/7, G/TBT/N/RUS/73 G/TBT/N/KGZ/48) – Ukraine, European Union;

49. KOR: Korea – (ID 305) Revised Korea REACH Regulation on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Material (G/TBT/N/KOR/305 y Add.1- KOR/378, KOR/547, KOR/592) - United States (G/TBT/W/542);

50. RUS: Russian Federation - (ID 418) Safety of products for children and adolescents - (G/TBT/N/RUS/29) - European Union;

51. RUS: Russian Federation - (ID 332) Draft Technical Regulation on Alcohol Drinks Safety (published on 24 October 2011) (G/TBT/N/RUS/2)- Ukraine, European Union, Guatemala;

52. RUS: Russian Federation – (ID 520) Medical devices (G/TBT/N/RUS/51-53/55) - Ukraine, European Union;

53. RUS: Russian Federation - (ID 497) Rules of cement certification - (G/TBT/N/RUS/48-49) - Mexico, Ukraine, European Union (G/TBT/W/558);

54. RUS: Russian Federation - (ID 521) Pharmaceutical products - Resolution 1314 of the Government of the Russian Federation on determining compliance of medicinal products' manufacturers with the requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice (non-notified ); draft decisions of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Union (G/TBT/N/RUS/54/58/63) - European Union;

55. THA: Thailand - (ID 427) 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, THA/437/Add.1 and G/SPS/N/THA/221/Add.1) - United States, European Union. Japan. Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Chile;

56. TPKM: Chinese Taipei - (ID 511) Draft of the Organic Agriculture Act - (G/TBT/N/TPKM/225, TPKM/225 Add.1-2) - European Union;

57. THA: Thailand — (ID 556) New certification requirements under the Thai Ministry of Finance's Ministerial Notification on Importation of Spirits into the Kingdom of Thailand (B.E 2560) - United States, European Union, Switzerland, korea;

58. VNM: Viet Nam — (ID 532) Alcoholic Beverages - Mexico

59. VNM: Viet Nam — (ID 549) Decree on the regulation on conditions for automobiles manufacturing, assembling importing and automotive warranty & maintenance services (G/TBT/N/VNM/116) – Japan, United States, Thailand, European Union, Canada, Russian Federation;