WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.186
16April 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1536)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BRAZIL
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Institute ofMetrology, Standardization andIndustrial
Quality -INMETRO
Agency orauthority designed tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above: Ministério deSaúde
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): Additives forplastic
materials
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: MERCOSUR
Technical Regulation onInclusion ofNewAdditives inthePositive ListofAdditives for
Plastic Materials (2pages, fulltextavailable inPortuguese andSpanish)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisRegulation approves theinclusion ofnewadditives for
plastic materials withrestrictions which areincluded inAppendix 1.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Facilitate foodtrade inMERCOSUR
8. Relevant documents: Resolution GMC 95/94
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: Notstated
10. Final dateforcomments: 6May1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: