WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.212
10July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2680)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofHealth andFamily Services
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Disinfectants and
sterilants usedinhealth related applications (does notinclude products forusesolely as
cleaners)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Therapeutic Goods
Order No.54-Standard forDisinfectants andSterilants (24pages, available inEnglish)
6. Description ofcontent: Describe mandatory standard fordisinfectants andsterilants used
inAustralia
7. Objective andrationale: Toensure thesafety, quality andefficacy ofdisinfectants and
sterilants usedinAustralia
8. Relevant documents: Guidelines fortheevaluation ofsterilants anddisinfectants
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:30October 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 15September 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: quoting "Therapeutic Goods Order 54-Standard forDisinfectants andSterilants"