WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/472
3 October 2000
(00-4020)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SENEGAL
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Senegalese Standards Institute/Ministry of Mining, Crafts and
Industry
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):   Tomato Concentrate
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Senegalese Draft
Standard PNS 03-036, Tomato Concentrate (5 Pages, French).           
6. Description of content:   This Standard establishes specifications concerning general
characteristics, additives and ingredients, chemical composition, microbiological
characteristics, product hygiene, packaging and mandatory information on the label.  It
applies to the product defined as follows:  tomato concentrate, prepared by the
concentration of juice from healthy, ripe, red tomatoes ( lycopersicum esculentum,  P.Mill).
Three terms can be used to describe tomato concentrate, depending on the percentage ofnatural, soluble, dry tomato matter.  They are:  tomato single concentrate-minimum content
20 per cent;  tomato double concentrate-minimum content 28 per cent;  tomato triple
concentrate-minimum content 36 per cent.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:     
Respect for fair competition, protection of human health  
8. Relevant documents:   Senegalese Draft Standard PNS 03-036:  Tomato Concentrate
9. Proposed date of adoption:              December 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:   January 2001          
10. Final date for comments:   25 September 2000          
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:   Institut Sénégalais de Normalisation (ISN),  Immeuble Mona
Center,  57 Avenue Georges Pompidou, BP 4037-Dakar (Sénégal). Tel.(221) 823 25 86
Fax: (221) 823 25 87