WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/CS/N/137
15 November 2001
(01-5815)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
Under paragraph C of the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and
Application of Standards contained in Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to
Trade, "Standardizing bodies that have accepted or w ithdrawn from this Code shall notify this fact to
the ISO/IEC Information Centre in Geneva."  The following notification conveyed to the Secretariat
from the ISO/IEC Information Centre is being circulated for the information of Members.
NOTIFICATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF THE WTO TBT CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE
Notification of Acceptance
Country/Customs Territory/ Regional Arrangement:  COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Name of standardizing body:   Australian Forestry Standard Steering Committee
Address of standardizing body: GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Telephone:  +61 2 6272 4129 Telefax:  +61 2 6272 4875 Telex:  -
E-mail:  afs@forestrystandard.org.au Internet:  www.forestrystandard.org.au
Type of standardizing body:
[    ]  central governmental [     ]  local governmental [ X]  non-governmental
Scope of current and expected standardization activities:  To develop and maintain an
Australian Standard on forest management for wood production.
Date:  24 August 2001