WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.48
3February 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0397)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BELGIUM
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofSmall Firms andAgriculture
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
Department ofQuality ofRawMaterials andthePlant Sector
DG4 -General Inspectorate ofRawMaterials andProcessed Products
WTC 3-Boulevard Simon Bolivar 30-8ème étage
B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel: +3222083211
Fax: +3222083866
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Compound feeds for
dairy cows onBelgian territory withaguaranteed energy content. Theindication ofthis
energy content onthelabelisoptional formanufacturers.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Official Method of
Controlling theEnergy Value ofCompound Feeds forDairy Cows
6. Description ofcontent: Themethod makes itpossible todetermine thedigestibility of
theorganic matter bymeans ofenzymes, andhence tocalculate theenergy value of
compound feeds fordairy cows.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: This
method wasworked outbecause ofthestrong demand onthepartofcompound feed
manufacturers andfarmers tobeabletoguarantee theenergy value onthelabel of
compound feeds fordairy cows.
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: CIBELNOR