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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref. : EIC 411/3

23 June 2021

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 425/2021

Argentina : Technical and Energy Efficiency Requirements for Certain LED Lamps

The Argentine government published Disposition No. 1/2021 to announce the staged implementation of new technical and energy efficiency requirements for certain LED lamps classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) code 8539.50.00 for general lighting purposes.

2.Subject LED lamps are required to comply with the technical requirements of standard IRAM 62404-3-2017 as well as any related provisions of Resolution 795/2019, and must carry an energy efficiency label.

3.Importers and domestic producers of subject merchandise must submit proof of initiation of the conformity certification process issued by a recognised certification body and present the corresponding test programme issued by a recognised and approved test laboratory by 3 July 2021. The conformity certification requirements will enter into force on 5 March 2022.

4.For details of the above measures and the products involved, traders are advised to consult their importers in Argentina and/or the relevant Argentine Disposition and Resolution which are available at:

Disposition No. 1/2021:
https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/disposici%C3%B3n-1-2021-347590/texto

Resolution No. 795/2019:
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/330000-334999/332610/norma.htm

ENQUIRIES

5.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Sandra FUNG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

1 The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. Membership of Venezuela has been temporarily suspended since 2 December 2016.

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.