WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.372
24July1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3118)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BRAZIL/MERCOSUR
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Institute ofMetrology, Standardization andIndustrial
Quality -INMETRO
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): Plastic materials
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: MERCOSUR
Technical Regulation ontheInclusion ofNewAdditives inthePositive ListforPlastic
Materials which Come intoContact withFoods
6. Description ofcontent: Thisdocument updates thePositive Listofadditives forplastic
materials, with theinclusion ofnew additives aswell asamendments to
Res.GMC 95/94.
7. Objective andrationale: Facilitate thefoodtrade inMERCOSUR
8. Relevant documents: Res.GMC 95/94
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1September 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 12August 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: