./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/TPKM/8
6 November 2003
(03-5943)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:
Department of Health
12 Floor, 100 Ai Kuo East Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
Telephone: (886-2) 2321-0151 ext. 363
Fax: (886-2) 2392-9723E-mail: fschang1@doh.gov.tw
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwis e national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Baked and cereal-based
packaged food products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Public Notice (Food
No. 0920401973) issued by the Department of Health: “Proposed Implementation Date for
Nutrition Labelling of Baked and Cereal-based Packaged Food Products” (One page, in
Chinese, English translation available)
6. Description of content:   All baked and cereal-based packaged food products that are
manufactured after 1 January 2005 shall provide nutrition labelling information.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To meet consumer demand and to foster better understanding of the nutritional contents of
packaged foods.
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation on Nutrition Labelling for Packaged Foods
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2005
10. Final date for comments:   26 December 2003G/TBT/N/TPKM/8
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point
Information Center
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and InspectionMinistry of Economic Affairs
4 Chinan Road, Section 1, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
Telephone: (886-2) 2343-1978, 2343-1985
Fax: (886-2) 3343-5173, 2343-1986
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw