WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/USA/6
8 June 2001
(01-2832)
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:   UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (6)
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):   Alcohol Beverages
(HS Chapter 22, ICS: 67)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Alcohol Beverage
Health Warning Statement (99R-507P) (3 pages, in English)          
6. Description of content:   The Bureau is considering amending the regulations concerning
the placement, legibility, and noticeability of the congressionally mandated health warningstatement required to appear on the labels of all containers of alcohol beverages.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To ensure that the consumer’s attention is drawn to the health warning statement.
8. Relevant documents:   66 Federal Register (FR) 28135, 22 May 2001; Title 27 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 16.  Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   20 August 2001
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:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html