RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.196
29June1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1790)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofHuman Services andHealth
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): Menstrual tampons
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Therapeutic Goods Order No.51
Standard forTampons -Menstrual (4pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Describes mandatory standard formenstrual tampons supplied in
Australia. Based onAS/NZ 2869: 1995 includes; design requirements, performance
requirements, microbial content, packaging andinformation, etc.
7. Objective andrationale: Toensure thesafety, quality andefficacy ofmenstrual tampons
inAustralia.
8. Relevant documents: AS/NZ 2869: 1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce:
1July1995 fornewproducts
1December 1995 forproducts already onmarket
10. Final dateforcomments: 21July1995. However comments arewelcome onan
ongoing basis untilfinalization andparties areinvited toadvise ofexpressing interest as
soonaspossible.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: