WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.442
19December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5377)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CZECH REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Czech Office forStandards, Metrology andTesting
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.
ICS numbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Hen eggs for
consumption
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Czech Standard
CSN572109 HenEggs forConsumption (11pages, available inCzech)
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Standard contains provisions concerning quality,
sizing andtheirtolerances, packaging, marking andlabelling, transport andstorage.
Thefollowing provisions, proposed forbeing mandatory, arenotified under the
TBTAgreement:
4.2 Auxiliary materials -colours formarking theeggs;
7 minimum durability;
10.1 packaging;
10.2.2.1 and10.2.2.2 labelling requirements;
10.3 transport;
10.4 storage.
7. Objective andrationale: Product quality
8. Relevant documents: (1)Official Journal (OJ)oftheCOSMT, (2)seeItem5,(3)OJ
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 10February 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: