WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.780
30December 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-5612)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAPAN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture, Fishery andForestry
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Edible burdock
(HS:0706.90)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Establishment of
Quality Labelling Standards forEdible Burdock (1page, inJapanese)
6. Description ofcontent: Toestablish quality labelling standards foredible burdock in
order tofacilitate consumers 'selection, duetothefactthatedible burdock withvarious
qualities aresupplied because theirproduction places havebecome diversified.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Protection ofconsumers 'interests
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheLawConcerning Standardization andProper
Labelling ofAgricultural andForest Products. These Standards willbemade public in
"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 20February 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: