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17 April 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 281/2012

Argentina : Advance Sworn Declaration of Imports for Paints, Lacquers, Varnishes and Printed Products

The trade was informed via Commercial Information Circular No. 8/2011 of 4 January 2011 and No. 252/2011 of 3 May 2011 that the Argentine Government has established certification requirements for (i) certain paints, lacquers and varnishes to ensure compliance of the lead content limit of 0.06% by weight of the total non-volatile content of the product, and (ii) certain printed products to comply with the stipulated migration limits of heavy metals. 

2.The Argentine Government has issued a Disposition No. 26/2012 on 5 March 2012 to temporarily suspend the certification requirements for certain paints, lacquers, varnishes and printed products set forth in Resolution 453/2010. Instead, manufacturers or importers of certain paints, lacquers and varnishes are required to submit a sworn declaration stating that the goods concerned comply with the required lead content limit in accordance with ASTM D3335-85a, together with a "product datasheet" issued by the manufacturer. 
 

3.The certification requirement for printed products using certification System 7 as established by article 2 of Resolution 453/2010 will be implemented in three stages. The implementation dates and products covered are set out as follows:

	Implementation Date	Printed Products classified under Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) Common Classification (NCM) code
(i)	12 July 2012	4901 (printed books), 4819.20.00 and 4821.10.00
(ii)	12 March 2013	4901 (brochures and similar printed matter), 4819.10.00, 4819.30.00, 4819.40.00, 4819.50.00, 4819.60.00, 4820.10.00, 4820.20.00, 3919.10.00.190, 3919.10.00.200, 3919.10.00.900, 3920.10.99.1, 3920.20.11.100, 3920.49.00.1, 3921.90.90.900, 3919.90.00.1, 3919.90.00.2, 3919.90.00.4, 3920.10.10.100, 3920.20.19.1, 3920.20.90.1, 3920.43.90.1, 3920.62.19.1, 3920.62.91.1, 3920.62.99.1, 3920.71.00.1, 3921.13.90.000, 3921.14.00.000, 3921.19.00.000, 3921.90.90.100, 3921.90.90.200, 3921.90.90.300, 3921.90.90.500, 3921.90.90.600, 3923.21.10.1, 3923.21.10.2, 3923.21.10.3, 3923.21.90.1, 3923.21.90.2 and 3923.21.90.3
(iii)	12 November 2013	4817.10.00, 4817.20.00, 4811.90.90, 4814.10.00, 4814.20.00, 4908, 4902.90.00, 4903.00.00, 4907.00.90, 4909.00.00, 4910.00.00, 4911.10.90 and 9504.40.00

4.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Argentina and/or the above Argentine Disposition/Resolution (in Spanish) available at:

Disposition No. 26/2012: http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/190000-194999/194533/norma.htm

Resolution 453/2010: http://infoleg.mecon.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/175000-179999/175709/texact.htm.

 

ENQUIRIES

5.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




　

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