WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.149
21April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1715)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAPAN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry andFisheries
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): Instant noodle
(HS:19.02)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Revision ofthe
Quality Labelling Standards forInstant Noodle (14pages available inJapanese )
6. Description ofcontent: Torevise thelabelling requirements ofingredients forinstant
noodle
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofconsumer 'sinterests
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawisthelawconcerning standardization andproper
labelling ofagricultural andforest products. Thisrevision willappear in"KAMPO"
(Official Government Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 24June1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: