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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref : EIC 411/2

6 February 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 119/2015

Argentina : Sworn Declaration for Certain Low-Voltage Electrical Products

The Argentine government issued Resolution No. 316/2014 on 21 November 2014 to require parties responsible for the manufacture and importation of low-voltage electrical products for the sole purpose of being used in industrial facilities, or by pre-determined services suppliers, excluding those applied to education, and which require trained personnel with specific knowledge in the electric field for their installation, operation and maintenance, to submit a sworn declaration with specifications detailed in Annex I of Resolution 92/1998 so as to comply with the safety requirements for low-voltage electrical products.

2.The sworn declaration must comply with the following:

  1. must be written in Spanish;
  1. include a detailed description of each product, including, among other information, the country of origin, brand, model, quantity produced and/or imported, performance specifications (technical and electrical), function, place of installation or, in case of spare parts, place where the parts will be used; and
  1. must be accompanied by brochures with the technical specifications of the product.

3.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Argentina and/or the Argentine Resolution (in Spanish) at: http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/235000-239999/238968/norma.htm.

ENQUIRIES

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

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.