WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.373
24July1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3119)
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): Cellulose films
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Technical Regulation
forRegenerated Cellulose Films which Come intoContact withFoods
6. Description ofcontent: ThisRegulation applies toregenerated cellulose films intended
tobeusedincontact withfoods, orrawmaterials forfoods, andreceptacles which are
composed ofseveral kinds ofmaterials, which have asidewhich comes intocontact
withfoods made ofregenerated cellulose. ThisRegulation doesnotapply toregenerated
cellulose synthetic tripe.
7. Objective andrationale: Harmonization oftechnical regulation
8. Relevant documents:
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: