WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHN/32
13 November 2003
(03-6095)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
(SAC)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   ICS 65.100
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Glyphosate Tech
(9 pages, in Chinese)
6. Description of content:   Glyphosate tech is a kind of toxic substance.  It can be used as an
insecticide, however it also has potential toxic danger to human and livestock and causes
pollution to the environment.  The standard of glyphosate tech consists of two parts:
1. Technical index requirements 2. Determination methods of of various indexes (activeingredents, impurities and physical and chemical properties etc).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To reduce harm to humans, livestock and environment and to prevent manufacturing in poor
conditions.
8. Relevant documents:   -
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after the date of notification
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           