WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.253
16June1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2459)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: ELSALVADOR
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Science andTechnology Council (CONACYT)
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): SAC Code 1901.10.10
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Imitation Dairy
Cream Products. Specifications (7pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Technical regulations containing areport andtechnical
provisions onimitation dairy cream products, covering consultation rules, definitions,
classification anddescription, feedstock andother materials, specifications andgeneral,
sensorial, chemical andmicrobiological characteristics, sampling, testing andanalysis
methods, packaging andlabelling, andstorage andtransport.
7. Objective andrationale: Toregulate therequisite characteristics andspecifications for
imitation dairy cream products putupinthick liquid form. ICAITI Standard 34.207.92
wasusedasthebasis forimplementation ofthisstandard asthere arenointernational
regulations governing theprocessing ofimitation cream products anditisessential that
suchproducts beregulated incountries likeourown. Hence theneed forregulation
since otherwise there would benoprovisions calling forcompliance with the
specifications. ICAITI stands for"Instituto Centroamericano deInvestigación y
Tecnología Industrial"; itisaregional standards institute.
8. Relevant documents: NSO 67.01.09.95
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9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:28February 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 13February 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
CONACYT
Department ofStandardization,
Metrology andQuality Certification
Urb.Isidro Menéndez Pje.SanAntonio 51
SanSalvador
Tel: 2262800
Fax: 2256255; and
Ministry ofEconomic Affairs
Department ofTrade Policy
Alameda JuanPablo IIy
Calle Guadalupe PlanMaestro
SanSalvador
Tel: 2213578
Fax: 2214771