WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.308
2September 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3397)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CZECH REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Czech Office forStandards, Metrology andTesting (COSMT)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Products ofcabbage
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Standard
CSN569340 Products ofCabbage, 10pages, inCzech
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft standard contains basic requirements oncabbage
products, sterilized, fermented (white andredkind), ormarinated (only white kind)
which havemore than50%m.m. ofcabbage insolid components. Thestandard does
notapply tofrozen food, ready food, dried ordehydrated products, vegetable mixtures
andsalads andanycabbage beverages. Itapplies tothevegetable mixtures andsalads
thenames ofwhich bearthedenomination "cabbage" or"ofcabbage". Some provisions
areproposed tobemandatory, asfollows:
4.1 Products grading;
4.2 Materials, additives andingredients;
5.1 Packaging;
6. Labelling; and
8. Storage
These provisions arenotified under theTBTAgreement.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumers 'protection
8. Relevant documents: (1)Official Journal (OJ)oftheCOSMT, (2)seeItem5,(3)OJ
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 26September 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: