WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.679
13October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4419)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: FRANCE
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry oftheEconomy, Finance andIndustry -Directorate-
General ofCompetition, Consumer Affairs andRepression ofFraud -(DGCCRF)
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): Mustard
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Decree onthe
Definition ofMustard
6. Description ofcontent: Thistextspecifies thecharacteristics tobefulfilled bymustard,
whether inseed, flour orpaste form, andtheconditions ofuseofcertain qualifiers that
maysupplement thisname.
7. Objective andrationale: Todefine mustard-seed-based products
8. Relevant documents: Consumer Code L214-1
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:End1997
10. Final dateforcomments: EndDecember 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
Point national d'information (CINORTECH)
CINORTECH
Mme VAQUIER (AFNOR)
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92049 PARIS LADEFENSE