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Ref : EIC 429/2
6 February 2015
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 118/2015
Paraguay : Conformity Certification Standards for Certain Electric Cables
The Paraguayan government issued Resolution No. 1014/2014 on 10 October 2014 to establish conformity certification standards for imported electric cables with extruded insulation for nominal voltages of 1.0 kV and 3.0 kV, classified under common classification (NCM) codes 8544.42.00, 8544.49.00 and 8544.60.00.
2.The electric cables must be certified in accordance with "Type 5" system requirements under Paraguayan Standard NP-ISO/IEC 17067, and comply with the requirements of Paraguayan Standard NP 2 007 88 - December 2013, Second Edition. Importers must also register in the applicable registry.
3. For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Paraguay and/or the above Paraguayan Resolution (in Spanish) at: http://www.snin.gov.py/reglamentos/Resolucion%20N%201014%20del%202014.pdf.
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4.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry