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31 December 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 1110/2012

MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela) : Technical Regulations on Good Manufacturing Practices for Cleaning Products

The Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, issued a Resolution No. 31/2012 to establish technical regulations on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for cleaning products. The technical regulations have to be incorporated by member states into their respective national legislation by 30 April 2013.

2.The technical regulations include provisions on quality management; basic GMP requirements; health, sanitation, hygiene, clothing and conduct; claims; product recall; return; self-inspection or internal audit; documentation and records; staff; facilities; water systems and installations; auxiliary areas; reception and storage; materials sampling; production/manufacture; quality control; and samples for analysis and retention.

3.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in MERCOSUR member countries and/or the relevant MERCOSUR Resolution (in Spanish or Portuguese), which is available at:
http://gd.mercosur.int/SAM/GestDoc/pubweb.nsf/Normativa?ReadForm&lang =ESP&id=F01DF0C9CAD0EF7E83257A9F006420F7.

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4.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Cindy CHENG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.