WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.455
18September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3754)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture, Nature Management andFisheries.
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National Enquiry Point
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Pre-packaged fresh
mussels.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Provision size
indication pre-packaged fresh mussels.
6. Description ofcontent: TheOrdinance onsizeindication forpre-packaged fresh mussels
requires thatthepre-packaging offresh mussels contains asizeindication, which must
beaffixed inaneasily visible, clearly legible andindelible form andwhich runsfrom
sizeclass1uptosizeclass4.Pre-packaged fresh mussels mayonlybeoffered forsale
ifthesizeclass isdisplayed onthepackaging. Therequirement forsizeindication
applies topre-packagings withanominal netweight oflessthan10kg.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection.
8. Relevant documents: Explanatory notetotheoriginal Ordinance.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 28October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 29October 1997
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10. Final dateforcomments: 27October 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetimelimithavebeenreceived from
other Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: