WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.210
21May1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2101)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BRAZIL/MERCOSUR
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministério daSaúde andMinistério daAgricultura edo
Abastecimento
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): Additives forice-creams
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: MERCOSUL
Technical Regulation onDesignation ofAdditives -Group 3-Edible Ice-Cream
6. Description ofcontent: This regulation includes INS122AZORRUBINA dyeing in
edible ice-creams inmass concentration of0.005g/100g
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Resolutions MERCOSUL/GMC 139/96
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1August 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 11June1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: