WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/TUN/2
15 June 2001
(01-3723)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   TUNISIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:   Tunisian Ministry of Trade
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of  theagency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  National
Standardization and Industrial Property Institute (INNORPI).
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):   Hot-rolled steel sections
- Equal-leg angles - Dimensions (ICS 77.140.70).
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Hot-Rolled Steel
Sections - Equal-Leg Angles - Dimensions (6 pages in French).
6. Description of content:   This standard prescribes the dimensions of hot-rolled steel equal-
leg angles. It is equivalent to ISO 657-1:1989, the difference between the ISO standard and
the Tunisian standard being the removal from the latter of the 40 x 40 x 3 angle.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Safety.
8. Relevant documents:   An order published in the Official Journal of the Tunisian Republic.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  6 October 1998
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 August 2001
10. Final date for comments:   1 July 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of another body:
National Standardization and Industrial Property Institute (INNORPI)
Postal address:P.O. Box 23, TN-1012 Tunis-Belvédère.
Tel.:  +216 1 785-922
Fax:  +216 1 781-563
E-mail:  inorpi@email.ati.tn
(Text available in French)