WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.450
19December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5385)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: MACAU
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Macau Economic Services
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [X],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Prepackaged foodstuffs
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Labelling on
Prepackaged Foodstuffs Ordinance (7pages) andtheAmendment totheLabelling on
Prepackaged Foodstuffs Ordinance (4pages), (both available inPortuguese)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofthisOrdinance istoprovide information to
consumers regarding theessential elements ofprepackaged andnon-prepackaged foods,
byaffixing ontoitadescriptive label, expressed inoneofthethree following languages:
Portuguese, Chinese orEnglish, before those areputintothemarket forsale.
Thelabel must display thename oftheproduct, theingredients, minimum
validity period, name andaddress ofthemanufacturer ortheidentification ofthe
importer, netcontent, lotnumber andcountry oforigin (only ifitsabsence would be
misleading).
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Macau Official Gazette: No. 33,Series I,Decree-Law
No.50/92/M of17August 1992 andNo.47,Series I,Decree-Law No.56/94/M of
21November 1994
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Notapplicable
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 180daysfollowing thepublication oftheDecree-Law
No.50/92/M intheOfficial Gazette
10. Final dateforcomments: Notapplicable
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Macau Economic Services
Edifício "Luso Internacional"
1-3RuadoDr.Pedro JoséLobo
25thFloor
Macau Telefax: (853) 590310