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value of the merchandise. This charge will be calculated from the month of temporary importation until the month when the goods were imported for consumption, which will be no less than 12% of the value of the goods in customs unless said value is determined to be less than when the goods were admitted for temporary importation. Labeling and Marking Requirements Return to top Under Argentine law 22,802/83, the Direccion de Lealtad Comercial, establishes labeling requirements for products in Argentina. The law requires that product labels bear all the information that the customer needs, and that information is true and valid. The Secretariat of Industry in the Ministry of Economy ensures transparency in all business transactions and enforces the labeling regime. Law 22,802 of 1983, known as the Merchandise Marking Act, supersedes Law 11,275 of 1923. The current law states the general and basic labeling requirements for domestic or imported products, as follows: Article 1: - All packaged products sold in Argentina will bear the following information on a printed label in a visible manner on the package or container: 3/4/2008 a) Name (description of product) b) Country of origin c) Quality, purity, or blending description d) Net weight All non-packaged products commercialized in country will have to comply with requirements a), b) and c), as stated above. Article 2: - Products manufactured in country will bear a mark that reads "Industria Argentina". If products have been manufactured with foreign raw material, or any other element that does not modify the nature of the product, it will still be considered an Argentine product. Indication of the foreign origin of the component/s of the final product is allowed; however, it has to be smaller than the original label. Article 3: - Imported products that undergo a final local process of assembly and finishing that does not modify the nature of the product will be considered of foreign origin. It is optional to indicate that such a process has occurred on the product label. Imported products manufactured with elements of different countries will be considered as originating from the country in which it acquired its nature. Article 4: - Labels of all products commercialized in country should be in Spanish, with the exception of foreign words/phrases of common usage in trade. Imported products may keep the original label of country/language of origin but should have a sticker/label attached to the package in Spanish with the information requested in Article 1 (above). Article 5: - The use of words, phrases, descriptions, trademarks, product literature, brochures, etc. that may lead to error, deceit, or confusion regarding the nature, origin, quality, quantity, etc. of the product, its features, and usage is completely forbidden.
Article 6: - Importers, manufacturers and assemblers will be responsible for the truthfulness of the information stated on the labels. This law has many complementary regulations from different Ministries according to the nature of the product. Industry sectors such as medical, fine chemicals, fertilizers, hazardous materials, food, beverages, textile and apparel, and footwear have more detailed specifications for labeling requirements. Law 19,511 establishes the use of the metric system in the Argentine Republic. Regulation 100/83 of the Ministry of Economy provides that the indication of net content in labeling must be in the metric system. The Direccion de Lealtad Comercial of the Secretariat of Industry, Ministry of Economy, works together with the other Ministries (or corresponding Argentine government agency) in the development of in-depth labeling requirements for each industry/product. For further inquiries, please contact: DIRECCION DE LEALTAD COMERCIAL Secretaria de Coordinacion Tecnica Ministerio de Economia y Produccion Av. Julio A. Roca 651, Piso 4, Of. 26 (C1067ABB) Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone: (54-11) 4349-4075/76/77 Fax: (54-11) 4349-3755 Contact: Prof. Fernando Carro, Director Comments: Government agency under the Ministry of Economy. In some cases, the Government Regulatory bodies of each industry provide information on the corresponding labeling requirements. For example, for information on labeling requirements for the medical industry, hygiene and food products etc, the ANMAT (the equivalent of the USFDA, the regulatory body of the Ministry of Health) provides additional information to the general rules for a specific product. Administracion Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnologia Medica (ANMAT) Av. de Mayo 869, Piso 3 C1084AAD Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone/Fax: (54-11) 4340-0899; 4340-0800 Fax: (54-11) 4342-4578 E-mail: postmaster@anmat.gov.ar URL: www.anmat.gov.ar Contact: Manuel Limeres, Director a.i. There is no general regulation for labeling of hazardous materials. The Direccion de Lealtad Comercial and the Ministry of Health are currently discussing the terms on labeling requirements of hazardous materials. For information on labeling requirements of hazardous materials, please contact the ANMAT (above) with your request including the product's HS number. 3/4/2008
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Page 67 and 68: In 2006, there was a significant in
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