. /. WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ITA/4 
19 May 2004  
 
(04-2197) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   ITALY 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   The Italian Parliament - Rome 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   General Direction 
for the Production Development and Competitiv ity – Unit F1 – Technical Inspectorate for 
Industry - Italian TBT Enquiry Point – 00187 Rome I – Via Molise, 2 
ucn98.34.Italia@minindustria.it  
European Commission TBT Enquiry Point  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int 
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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Foods and 
pharmaceutical products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Project of law 
concerning:  “Dispositions to protect coeliac sufferers subjects” 
6. Description of content:   The project of law imposes th e labelling of food products with 
information about the presence of gluten (art. 5)  and to specify in the information sheet of 
each pharmaceutical product if coeliac sufferers may use such medicine or not. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The adoption of this draft Act could consider ably improve the quality of life of coeliac 
sufferers and their families as its purpose is to enable consumers to be sure of whether gluten is present or absent in a food product and if they may use, or not, some pharmaceutical products. 
8. Relevant documents:   Draft text C.4231 & C.3478 
“Dispositions to protect coeliac sufferers subjects”  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   August 2004 
10. Final date for comments:   August 2004 G/TBT/N/ITA/4 
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:  Text on line at:  
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/tris/index_it.htm  
 
Ministry of Productive Activities General Direction for the Productio n Development and Competitivity 
Ufficio F1 – Ispettorato tecnico dell’industria 
Italian TBT Enquiry Point Via Molise, 2  00187 Roma - Italy  e-mail:  ucn98.34.italia@minindustria.it  
 Contact:   Mr Vincenzo Correggia e-mail:  vincenzo.correggia@minindustria.it 
Tel.:   ++ 39 06 4705 2205 Fax: ++39 06 4788 7805   Mr Enrico Castiglioni e-mail:  enrico.castiglioni@minindustria.it 
Tel.:  ++39 06 4705 2669 
Fax.: ++39 06 4788 7805  
 