WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.210
23April 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1652)
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 designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above: Ministerio daSaúde
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): Disposable packages of
polyethylene terephtalate PET
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: MERCOSUR
Technical Regulation Regarding Disposable Multi-Layered Polyethylene Terephtalate -
PETPackages Used forthePacking ofNon-Alcoholic Carbonated Beverages (4pages,
fulltextavailable inPortuguese andSpanish)
6. Description ofcontent: This Regulation establishes thegeneral conditions andthe
evaluation criteria ofpolyethylene terephtalate -PET-multi-layered packages fornon-
alcoholic carbonated beverages, aswellasforthemanufacturing process thereof.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Harmonization oftheregulation
8. Relevant documents:
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: