WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SVN/1
3 April 2001
(01-1680)
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:   SLOVENIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Economy
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, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Products of the textile
industry, leather technology, clothes (HS Chapter  XI, ICS:  59.080, 59.140, 61.020)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Amendment and
Corrigendum to Regulations on labelling textile and leather pr oducts (1 page, in Slovene)
6. Description of content:   The draft regulation anticipates that type of product and name of
supplier should be a non obligatory category in labelling textile and leather products.  In caseof corresponding multilateral agreement, signed  by Republic of Slovenia the only mandatory
requirement in labelling textile and leather pr oducts will be composition of the product only.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Avoiding barriers to trade
8. Relevant documents:   There is no existing relevant international document. Will appear in
the Official Gazette of RS when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption: April 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:   30 April 2001
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:  E-mail address
of the national enquiry point: smis@usm.mzt.si