WORLD TRADE G/TBT/CS/N/59
18October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4364)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
Under paragraph CoftheCode ofGood Practice forthePreparation, Adoption and
Application ofStandards contained inAnnex 3totheWTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers to
Trade, "Standardizing bodies thathaveaccepted orwithdrawn from thisCode shallnotify thisfact
totheISO/IEC Information Centre inGeneva." Thefollowing notification conveyed tothe
Secretariat from theISO/IEC Information Centre isbeing circulated fortheinformation of
Members.
NOTIFICATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH COFTHE WTO TBT CODE OFGOOD PRACTICE
(Notification ofacceptance oftheWTO TBTCode ofGood Practice)
Country/Customs Territory/Regional Arrangement: SWEDEN
Name ofstandardizing body: Allamänna Standardiseringsgruppen, STG
(Swedish General Standards Institution)
Address ofstandardizing body: SE-112 89
Stockholm
Sweden
Telephone: +4681362.50 Telefax: +46861861.28 Telex:
E-mail: (Later thisAutumn)
Type ofstandardizing body:
[]central governmental []local governmental [X]non-governmental
Scope ofcurrent andexpected standardization activities: SIGisanon-profit-making
association withthepurpose ofbeing responsible forstandardization inthefields ofbasic
technology ingeneral; chemical engineering; foodforhuman consumption andfeeding
stuff; fuels; geographic information; home, leisure andsport; outside environment;
packaging anddistribution; quality management andquality assurance; technology for
library andoffice andfordocumentation; workplace environment andpersonal health and
safety; others (asbiotechnology; paper andpulp; etc).
Date: 5July1996