WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.402
20November 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-4920)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: European Commission
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): Cocoa andchocolate
products intended forhuman consumption
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Proposal fora
European Parliament andCouncil Directive -Relating toCocoa andChocolate Products
(6pages, 11languages)
6. Description ofcontent: Theseven proposal isbased onastructure, consisting ofan
operative partfollowed byanAnnex. Theoperative partcontains, interalia,provisions
onthescope oftheproposal andlabelling requirements. TheAnnex contains the
definitions anddesignations oftheproducts inquestion anddetails oftheircomposition.
7. Objective andrationale: Theobjective ofthisproposal foradirective istodefine
certain products, toprovide forappropriate designations andtolaydown common rules
oncomposition, manufacturing methods, andlabelling sothatthese products canmove
freely within theEuropean Community. Thisproposal simplifies theexisting Directives
applicable totheproducts inquestion.
8. Relevant documents: OJEC C231of9August 1996
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:June1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 22January 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: DGIII-A-1