. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/570
1 December 2000
(00-5191)
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:   POLAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   MINISTERSTWO GOPODARKI (Ministry of Economy)
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 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):   Substances harmful to
the ozone layer and all products containing such substances covered by the Montreal
Protocol on substances harmful to the ozone layer as enumerated in the Annexe to the Law
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:    Draft law on
procedures related to substances harmful to the ozone layer (at present available only in
Polish, 25 pages)
6. Description of content:   The law imposes control on procedures related to substances
harmful to the ozone layer through prohibitions and restrictions on their production,
turnover and implementation.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The necessity to restrict the harmful impact of certain chemical substances on the ozone
layer and implementation of Polish obligations resulting from the Vienna Convention, the
Montreal Protocol, as well as an implemen tation of Council Regulation No. 3093/94/EEC in
the Polish legal system.
8. Relevant documents:   As above (item 7)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Middle of 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2001
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notificationG/TBT/Notif.00/570
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:   Ministry of Economy, Department of Industrial Policy
Pl. Trzech Krzy ży 3 – 5
00-952 WarsawPOLAND
Fax:  +(48 22) 628 55.20
Tel: +(48 22) 628 08.28