WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/EEC/2
6 February 2001
(01-0588)
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:   EUROPEAN UNION
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   EUROPEAN COMMISSION
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:           
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):   Agricultural products
and foodstuffs from organic production
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission
Regulation laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions concerning
imports from third countries under Articl e 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91;
15 pages, in English
6. Description of content:   The draft Regulation improves the follow-up of products exported
from third countries and which are intended to be placed on the market as agricultural
products or foodstuffs from organic production.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The draft Regulation aims to provide for traceability of consignments of organic products
from the time they leave the inspection system in a third country until they are registered by
the first consignee under the inspection system within the E.U.  A certificate accompanying
imported consignments of organic products has to ensure that these consignments are
effectively originating from a production/processing regime of which the equivalency has
been recognized.
8. Relevant documents:   Doc. 8784/AGRI/99-rev9
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }April 2001
10. Final date for comments:   45 days from the date of notification
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:
EC-TBT Enquiry Point
DG ENTR/F/2
Fax: +32 2 299 57.25
Email: EC-TBT@cec.eu.int