WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.28
16January 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0151)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: THE ARAB REPUBLIC OFEGYPT
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Egyptian Organization forStandardization andQuality Control
Agency orauthority designed tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above: National enquiry point
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): Colours permitted
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Minister ofDecree
No.411/1997 (20pages, Arabic language)
6. Description ofcontent: Colours permitted foruseinfoodstuffs andtheir permissible
ratios aswellasfoodstuffs inwhich colours arenotpermitted.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Protection ofhuman health
8. Relevant documents: Minister ofHealth Decree No.411/1997
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 30October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: Three months asofthedateofpublication
10. Final dateforcomments: 9February 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: