64ª  Reunión Ordinaria del Comité de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio
Ginebra, 04-06 de noviembre de 2014

> Acta de la Reunión pdf
> Acta de la Reunión - Revisión pdf

Actualizado al 10/06/2015


“En la reunión del Comité de Obstáculos al Comercio de los días 4-6 de noviembre de 2014, los Miembros de la OMC plantearon un número sin precedentes de nuevas preocupaciones comerciales, más que en cualquier otra reunión desde 2009, relacionadas principalmente con cuestiones tales como la protección de la salud y del medio ambiente. En 2014 se han planteado más preocupaciones comerciales nuevas que en ningún otro año desde el establecimiento de la OMC en 1995, las tres cuartas partes de ellas por países en desarrollo.” (+ info)


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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)
> Establecimiento de asociaciones para la preparación de las comunicaciones previstas en el párrafo 2 del artículo 15 del Acuerdo – Propuesta de Canadá (JOB/TBT/107).

B.  Preocupaciones Comerciales Específicas

> Nuevas

    1. BRA: Brazil – Draft Technical Resolution nº 69/2014, Regarding the Requirement of Describing the Chemical Composition, in Portuguese, in the Label of Personal Hygiene Products, Cosmetics and Perfumes (G/TBT/N/BRA/608) – Mexico;

    2. Ecuador — RTE INEN No. 111: Energy efficiency. Clothes dryers. Labelling (G/TBT/N/ECU/152/Add.1 -185/Add.1) – Mexico;

    3. Ecuador — Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 047:  “Metal cable tray, electrical conduit and trunking systems”) (G/TBT/N/ECU/53/Add.3) – Mexico;       

    4. Ecuador — Equivalence Agreement N° 14 241 with the European Union regulations  - Mexico;       

    5. CHN: China - National Standard of the P.R.C., Safety Technical Specifications for Children's Footwear (G/TBT/N/CHN/983/Suppl.1) - European Union;

    6. EU: European Union – Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation (Common Criteria) certification in the EU – China;

    7. EU: European Union – Draft Commission Directive amending, for the purpose of adapting to technical progress, Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC on the Safety of Toys - Limits for hexavalent (2009/48/EC) (G/TBT/N/EU/243) – China;

    8. EU: European Union – Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, as regards certain cereals causing allergies or intolerances and foods with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters (G/TBT/N/EU/143) – Indonesia;

    9. EU: European Union – Standard on safety of household and similar electrical appliances (EN60335-1:2012) – China;

    10. FRA: France – Proposal to introduce plain packaging of tobacco products – Malawi, Ukraine;

    11. ISR: Israel – Resistance to ignition of mattresses, mattress pads, divans and bed bases    (G/TBT/N/ISR/666 and Add.1) - European Union;

  1. 12. MEX: Mexico – Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY NOM 142 SSA1/SCFI 2013: Alcoholic beverages. Health specifications. Health and commercial labelling (G/TBT/N/MEX/254) - European Union;

    2. 13. RUS: Russia – Draft of the Eurasian Economic Commission Collegium decision on amendments to Common sanitary-epidemiological and hygienic requirements for products, subjected to sanitary-epidemiological supervision (control) (G/SPS/N/RUS/50) – Indonesia;

  2. 14. RUS: Russian Federation – Measure affecting imports of Ukrainian beer products – Ukraine;

  3. 15. RUS: Russian Federation – Measure affecting imports of Ukrainian juice products – Ukraine;

  4. 16. SAU: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Decree of the Saudi Arabian Ministerial Council on the sale and marketing of energy drinks of 4 March 2014 (G/TBT/N/SAU/669) – Switzerland, European Union;

  5. 17. USA: United States – Tire Identification and Recordkeeping (G/TBT/N/USA/916) – Thailand;

  6. 18. ZAF: South Africa – Labelling and advertising of pre-packaged foodstuff (G/TBT/N/ZAF/66/Rev.1) - European Union.

> Anteriores:

    19. AUS: Australia – Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 (G/TBT/N/AUS/67 and add.1-2) – Ukraine;

    20. CHL: Chile – Proposed amendment to the Food Health Regulations, Supreme Decree No. 977/96 (G/TBT/N/CHL/282) - Canada, Mexico, European Union, United States;

    21. 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, Canada, Korea, European Union;

    22. 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;

    23. 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;

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

    25. 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.3-5/8-9) -  Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico;

    26. ECU: Ecuador - Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 189: "Labelling of alcoholic beverages" (G/TBT/N/ECU/243) – Canada, Mexico;

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

    28. 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- 4- 5)  - United States

    29. ECU: Ecuador - Resolution No. SENAE-DGN-2013-0300-RErelating to post‑entry control of imported alcoholic beverages - Mexico;

    30. EGY: Egypt – Turkish exports of bottled – Turkey;

    31. 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;

    32. 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;

    33. 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;

    34. 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;

    35. GBR: United Kingdom – Proposal to introduce plain packaging of tobacco products - (G/TBT/N/GBR/24) - Dominican Republic, Malawi;

    36. 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, United States;

    37. 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;

    38. 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;

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

    40. 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) - European Union, United States;

    41. 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;

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

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

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

    45. IRL: Ireland - Proposal to introduce standardised / plain packaging of tobacco products (G/TBT/N/IRL/1/Add.1) - Malawi;

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

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

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

    49. 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;

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

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

    52. 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;

    53. 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;




    C. Preparación del VII Examen Trienal de Revisión

  2. D. Intercambio de Experiencias - Sesiones Temáticas (JOB/TBT/111)

> Transparencia – Sistema de Alertas de la OMC Sistema Mundial de Alertas para las Exportaciones (Global Export Alert!) - Propuesta de Canadá (JOB/TBT/109).

> Buenas Prácticas Regulatorias - Propuesta de Recomendación “Lista No Exhaustiva de Mecanismos Voluntarios y Principios Conexos relativos a las Buenas Prácticas de Reglamentación” del Presidente sobre la Sesión Temática del 4 de noviembre (JOB/TBT/119)

> Procedimientos de Evaluación de la Conformidad y Trato Especial y Diferenciado (G/TBT/GEN/174pdf)


    E. Otros Asuntos


IV. Actividades de Cooperación Técnica  

V. Actualización de Observadores  

VI. Informe (2014) del Comité (G/TBT/L/1092)

VII. Otros Asuntos

VIII. Fecha de la próxima Reunión: 18-19 de marzo de 2015
 
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