WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.303
2September 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3348)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWEDEN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry oftheEnvironment
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): Packaging
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Ordinance onChanges
inOrdinance onCadmiun
6. Description ofcontent: TheSwedish Government alsointends topropose anew
Ordinance Concerning Highest Allowed Concentration ofCertain Heavy Metals in
Packaging andtherefore achange intheOrdinance (1985:839) onCadmium, inorder to
implement Article 11intheDirective 94/62/EC.
7. Objective andrationale: Toimplement theEuropean andCouncil Directive 94/62/EC of
20December 1994 onpackaging andpackaging waste. Thesuggested legislation shall
duetoArticle 16inDirective 94/62/EC benotified duetotheprocedure in
Directive 83/189/EEC andshall therefore benotified under bothDirectives within the
same procedure.
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Assoonaspossible
10. Final dateforcomments: 16September 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: