RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/2/Add.20
2August 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3071)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OFTHE AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Thefollowing Statement under Article 15.2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived from the
delegation oftheFederal Republic ofNigeria.
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1. TheStandards Organization ofNigeria (SON) hasbeenappointed astheNational Enquiry
Point forNigeria.
2. Notices oftechnical regulations, standards andcertification system adopted bythe
Nigerian Government arepublished intheofficial Gazette andtheDirectory ofCertified Products.
Texts oftechnical regulations arepublished andmade available bytheregulatory agencies
concerned. AllNigerian draftstandards arecirculated forpublic comments locally. Thefinal
drafts arethenapproved bytheNigerian Standards Council andpublished intheofficial Gazette.
Thepublished standards arethencirculated toallmembers oftheInternational Standardization
Organization (ISO) forinformation.
3. Thecomment period isgenerally 90days, withexception ofcertain cases which could be
moreorless than90days.
4. Name andaddress oftheEnquiry Point isasfollows:
TheDirector-General
Standards Organization ofNigeria
Federal Secretariat
9thFloor, Phase 1
Ikoyi, Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: 2341682615
Fax: 2341681820
5. Fortechnical regulations andstandards, including packaging, marking andlabelling
requirements andprocedures forassessment ofconformity, withparticular reference toDrugs and
Medical Devices, theEnquiry Point is:
TheHonourable Minister
Federal Ministry ofHealth andSocial Services
Federal Secretariat
Phase 2
Ikoyi, Lagos
Nigeria
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Tel: 23412693018/684409
Fax: 23412693018
6. TheFederal Ministry ofCommerce andTourism ofNigeria isthecoordinating agency for
WTO matters andtherelated Uruguay Round Agreements. Thecontact address isasfollows:
TheHonourable Minister
Federal Ministry ofCommerce andTourism
P.M.B. 88
Garki, Abuja
Nigeria
Fax: 23492341541
23492341351