WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.399
22August 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3461)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BELGIUM
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofPublic Health, Inspectorate ofFoodstuffs, State
Administrative Centre, Esplanade, Boulevard Pacheco 19,Bte5,1010 Brussels
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): Food products which
either consist oforcontain plants orplant-based preparations
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Royal Decree
Concerning theManufacture andMarketing ofFood Products which either Consist ofor
Contain Plants orPlant-Based Preparations
6. Description ofcontent:
- Prohibition ofvarious toxic plants which maynotbeusedasorinfoodproducts
(List1);
- Compilation ofapositive listofedible mushrooms (List2);
- Regulation ofvarious plants which, ifmarketed intheform ofpredetermined
doses, aresubject toprior notification (List3).
7. Objective andrationale: See6.
8. Relevant documents: Lawof24January 1977 ontheprotection ofconsumers 'health,
partconcerning foodproducts andother products, particularly Article 2andArticles 7,
§1and18,asamended bythelawsof22March 1989 and12January 1994.
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9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
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body: CIBELNOR