. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/47
1 February 2000
(00-0393)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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 Economic Relations and Development
Kotnikova 5, SI - 1000 Ljublijana
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):   Materials used for
leather technology, footwear (ICS:  59.140, 59.080) (HS Chapter 64)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Regulation on
Labelling Materials used in the main Components of Footwear for Sale to Consumer
(7 pages, in Slovene and English)
6. Description of content:   Regulation applies to labelling of the materials used in the main
components of footwear for sale to the consumer, using international labelling codes.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection, consumer information
- Implementation of detailed requirements of Directive 94/11/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 23 March 1994 on the approximation of the laws,
regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to labelling of the
materials used in the main components of footwear for sale to the consumer.
8. Relevant documents:
- Act on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment 
(OJ RS, No. 59/1999);
- Act on the organization and on the working field of the ministry 
(OJ RS, No.71/1994)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 March 2000G/TBT/Notif.00/47
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10. Final date for comments:   15 February 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           
SMIS
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point
Kotnikova 6
SI - 1000 Ljublijana
Email: smis@usm.mzt.si
Tel: +386 61 178 30 41
Fax: +386 61 178 31 96