WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.112
7April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1422)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NEW ZEALAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Australia NewZealand Food 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): Allpackaged foods and
some unpackaged foods.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Explanatory Notes -
Proposal P90(60pages, English)
6. Description ofcontent: Aproposal toregulate country oforigin labelling offood.
Food forsaleinNew Zealand must comply with either theAustralian Food
Standards Code ortheNewZealand Food Regulations. These transitional arrangements
willcontinue untilthejointAustralia-New Zealand Food Standards Code isadopted.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer information
8. Relevant documents: Australian Food Standards Code
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Recommendation toGovernment anticipated bymid1997.
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 12months afterGovernment agreement forpackaged
foods, andinthecaseofunpackaged foods, atthedateofGovernment agreement.
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10. Final dateforcomments: Thedomestic closing dateforcomments is30May1997.
However comments from WTO Members willbeaccepted until10June1997 ifnotice
ofintention tocomment isreceived bythedomestic closing date.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
Australia NewZealand Food Authority
P.O.Box7186
Canberra MailCentre ACT 2610
Australia
Fax+6162712278
Email slo@anzfa.gov.au
Note: Thisproposal isalsobeing notified byAustralia. Texts requested under either
notification willbeidentical.