WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.227
24July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2901)
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): Belgium
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofPublic Health, Inspectorate ofFoodstuffs,
ir.R.VAN HAVERE, Chief Inspector/Director, 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): Nutriments andfoodstuffs
towhich nutriments havebeenadded.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Royal Order to
Amend theRoyal Order dated 3March 1992 ontheMarketing ofNutriments and
Foodstuffs towhich Nutriments havebeenAdded
6. Description ofcontent:
-Contribution toanotification concerning nutriments andother foodstuffs towhich
nutriments havebeenadded;
-compulsory useofawarning topregnant women inthelabelling ofnutriments in
pre-measured doses containing vitamin A.
7. Objective andrationale: Action toadhere totheobjections andcomments ofthe
European Commission (DG XV) concerning therestrictions onthemarketing of
foodstuffs towhich nutriments have been added (reference P/93/4005, P/93/4315,
P/93/4558, P/93/4816).
8. Relevant documents: Royal Order of3March 1992
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: CIBELNOR