WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.297
26August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3340)
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 ofAgriculture (61)
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): Limes (HSChapter 7)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Limes Grown in
Florida andImported Limes; Increase intheMinimum SizeRequirement, 2pages
6. Description ofcontent: Thisproposed ruleinvites comments onaproposed increase in
thecurrent minimum sizerequirement forlimes grown inFlorida andforlimes imported
intotheUnited States. TheFlorida Lime Administrative Committee istheagency
responsible forthelocal administration ofthemarketing order covering limes grown in
Florida. Thisrulewould increase theminimum sizerequirement from 17/8inches to
2inches indiameter during theperiod of1January through 31May. Larger fruittend
tohaveahigher juicecontent. Thechanges inimport requirements arenecessary under
Section 8EoftheAgricultural Marketing Agreement Actof1937.
7. Objective andrationale: Enable handlers tomeet the42percent juice content
requirement specified intheregulations forlimes shipped tothefresh market.
8. Relevant documents: 61FR40550, 5August 1996; 7CFR Parts 911and944. Will
appear intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 4October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: