WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/87
21 February 2000
(00-0637)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED KINGDOM
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   National Weights and Measures Laboratory
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):  70 ml capacity serving
measures  for intoxicating liquor, and 70 ml local and working standard measures that are
used for testing the former. Also covered – refillable cosmetic containers.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Regulations
"Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 2000" (3 pages, in
English)
6. Description of content:   The proposal has the effect of transferring the disapplication of
refillable cosmetic containers into Regulations which have the appropriate scope. The
proposal also provides limits of error for 70 ml measures and for the measures that will beused for testing them.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The 70 ml measure will be used by the licensed trade, who have indicated that they would
find it useful to be able to use a 70 ml “double” measure, to save them needing to use a
35 ml “single” measure twice. The transferral of the provision on refillable cosmetic
containers has no net effect, it simply means that the disapplication is placed within
Regulations which have the appropriate scope.
8. Relevant documents:   Draft Regulations
9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 December 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  February 2001
10. Final date for comments:   1 May 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           