WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.177
8April 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1421)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: REPUBLIC OFSINGAPORE
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Pharmaceutical Department, Ministry ofHealth
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shallbe
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): Chinese Proprietary
Medicine (CPM) defined asanymedicinal product inthefinished dosage form usedin
thesystem oftherapeutics according totheChinese method, containing wholly ofoneor
acombination ofsubstances derived from natural sources (i.e. plants, animals or
minerals) butnotincluding injectables andanyitems controlled under thePoisons Act,
Cap234.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notapplicable
6. Description ofcontent: Labelling requirements ofCPM products
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
(i) Toensure thatCPM products soldinSingapore aresafeandofgood quality;
(ii) Toensure thatCPM products arelabelled with product details such as
ingredients, batch number andexpiry date;
(iii) Toensure efficient control andwithdrawal from saleofCPM products when
suchanaction isdeemed necessary.
8. Relevant documents: Subsidiary Legislations inMedicines Act,Cap176
9. Proposed dateofadoption: June1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: June1999
10. Final dateforcomments: 31May1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: