WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.187
2July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2522)
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, Forestry andFisheries
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): Margarines (HS:1517.10)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Revision ofQuality
Labelling Standards forMargarines (10pages, available inJapanese)
6. Description ofcontent:
(1) Torevise definition offat-spread;
(2) toaddlow-fat margarines tothecoverage ofthestandards formargarines;
(3) certain materials andfoodadditives ofmargarines willbeallowed inresponse to
emerging newproducts.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofconsumer 'sinterests
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheLawConcerning Standardization andProper
Labelling ofAgricultural andForest Products.
ThesaidAmendment willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)
when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 26August 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: