WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.203
21May1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2094)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BRAZIL/MERCOSUR
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Secretaria Nacional deVigilância Sanitária
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): Bleaching products
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Technical Regulation
forProducts With aBaseofHipochloride Additive
6. Description ofcontent: ThisTechnical Regulation approves thedocument thatregulates
products based onhipochloride sodium orcalcium, withachlorine active content of
between 2.0and2.5% p/poritsequivalent ing/l,thepurpose ofwhich istobleach or
disinfect ingeneral.
7. Objective andrationale: Human health
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notmentioned
10. Final dateforcomments: 11June1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: