WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.154
26March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1231)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BELGIUM
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible:
Ministry ofSmall Firms andTraders andAgriculture
Department ofAnimal Health andAnimal Product Quality
WTC3 -Boulevard S.Bolivar 30
B-1000 Brussels
Tel: +3222083554
Fax: +3222083865
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
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): Butter
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Ministerial Decree
Amending theMinisterial Decree of13April 1977 Defining theModel forthe
Inspection Mark forButter
6. Description ofcontent: Theprincipal purpose ofthedraftistoreplace themodel forthe
inspection mark forbutter soastorefer totheBelgium Ministry ofSmall Firms and
Traders andAgriculture rather thantheNational Milk Board.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Made necessary by:
- Theabolition oftheNational Milk Board andthetransfer ofitspowers tothe
Ministry ofSmall Firms andTraders andAgriculture;
- uncertainty astowhen thisdraft Decree -intended toreplace thatof
22October 1976 on"butter andmixtures ofbutter, establishing official
inspection ofbutter" (seeNotification 97/0380 B)-might enter intoforce.
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8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: CIBELNOR