WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.243
9June1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2392)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NORWAY
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
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): Microbiological products
forapplications thatmayinvolve theirrelease totheoutdoor environment
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulations Relating
totheDeclaration andLabelling ofMicrobiological Products forApplications thatMay
Involve theirRelease totheOutdoor Environment (9pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Theregulations apply tothedeclaration andlabelling of
microbiological products thatareimported to,manufactured inorplaced onthemarket
inNorway.
7. Objective and rationale: The purpose istoprevent themicroorganisms in
microbiological products from damaging human health orhaving detrimental
environmental effects.
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1January 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 1September 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
P.O.Box8100 Dep
N-0032 Oslo, Norway
Fax: 22676706