. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ZAF/17
17 September 2002
(02-4945)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   National Department of Agriculture, Directorate:  Plant Health and
Quality
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:   South African
TBT Enquiry Point
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):   Canned/Processed fruit
(2008.19), (2008.20), (2008.30) . (2008.40), (2008.50), (2008.60), (2008.80), (2008.92)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Regulations
relating to the grading, packing and marking of canned fruit intended for sale in theRepublic of south Africa (137 pages in English and 137 pages in Afrikaans)
6. Description of content:   The proposed regulations seeks to facilitate the sale of canned
fruit in the Republic of south Africa by setting technical standardised norms for canned fruit
with regard to quality, grading, packing and marking and which will also apply to imported
canned fruit.  The norms for quality are set taking into consideration the Codex alimentarius
commission standards for process fruit.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
See above
8. Relevant documents:   Draft Regulations relating to the grading, packing and marking of
canned fruit, intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa published in terms of the
Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)          
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not before 1 March 2003
10. Final date for comments:   90 days from publications by WTO          G/TBT/N/ZAF/17
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
National Department of Agriculture, Directorate:  Plant Health and Quality, Private Bag
X258, Pretoria, 0001, Republic of south Africa.  Fax: +27 12 319 6055
Email: DanielMa@nda.agric.za  Web:  http://www.nda.agric.za/docs/plantquality