WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.219
19July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2839)
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: National TaxAdministration
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
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):
Sake(alcoholic beverage) (HS:2206.00)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Establishment of
Labelling Standards Concerning Manufacturing Process andQuality ofSake, 4pages,
available inJapanese
6. Description ofcontent: Toestablish labelling standard concerning manufacturing
process andquality ofsake(ex.brewing methods andquality conditions forsakeusing
special names suchas"ginjo-shu", "jumai-shu" and"honjozo-shu").
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofconsumers 'interests.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheSpecial Measures Law Concerning the
Stability oftheSakeBrewing andRelated Industries.
Thesaidamendment willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)
when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notyetdetermined.
10. Final dateforcomments: 24September 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: