WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.269
22August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3294)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department oftheTreasury (60)
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): Frozen produce markings
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Country ofOrigin
Marking Requirements forFrozen Imported Produce (9pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheDepartment proposes toamend itsregulations torequire
thatthecountry oforigin ofimported produce bemarked onthefront panel ofpackages
offrozen produce inorder forthemarking tocomply withthestatutory requirement that
itbeina"conspicuous place".
7. Objective andrationale: Toensure auniform standard forthecountry oforigin marking
offrozen produce.
8. Relevant documents: 61FR38119, 23July1996; 19CFR Part134. Willappear in
theFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 23September 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: