WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHN/25
28 July 2003
(03-3996)
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:   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Standardization Administration of China (SAC)
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):   Soybean oil
ICS: 67.200.10           
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   China National
Standard GB 1535-XXXX Soybean Oil (10 pages, in Chinese)
6. Description of content:   For Soybean oil, this standard specifies the definition,
classification, quality characteristics, test methods and rules, as well as requirements onlabeling, packaging, storage and transport.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To protect public health and safety
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:  90 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months after adoption
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat           
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
China WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point
Tel: +86 10 82260618
Fax: +86 10 82262448
E-mail: tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn