Proyecto de Reglamento de la Ley N° 31182, Ley que protege la salud e integridad física de las personas del contenido de plomo en pinturas y otros materiales de revestimiento (Draft Regulation of Law No. 31182 protecting the health and physical integrity of people from lead content in paints and other coating materials) (25 pages, in Spanish)

Protection of human health or safety (TBT)

Paints (HS Chapters 3208, 3209, 3210, 3112, 3213 and 3214) and other coating materials.

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3208 - Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (excl. solutions of collodion); 3209 - Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium; 3210 - Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather.; 3212 - Pigments, incl. metallic powders and flakes, dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints; stamping foils of a kind used in the printing of book bindings or hatband leather; colorants and other colouring matter, n.e.s. put up for retail sale; 3213 - Artist's, student's or signboard painter's colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or similar packages; 3214 - Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for façades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like

87.040 - Paints and varnishes

Human health

The notified draft Regulation seeks to establish provisions to ensure the proper application of Law No. 31182 protecting the health and physical integrity of people from lead content in paints and other coating materials in order to minimize health risks to the population. It contains sanitary requirements for authorizing the manufacturing, importation, distribution and/or marketing of paints and other coating materials.

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