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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.2
17January 1995
ORGANISATION Special Distribution
(95-0044)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Bureau ofAlcohol, Tobacco andFirearms (1)
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): Labelling alcoholic
beverages (HSChapter 22)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Alterations ofLabels on
Containers ofDistilled Spirits, Wine, andBeer(6pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheBureau ofAlcohol, Tobacco andFirearms isproposing to
amend theregulations inTitle27oftheCode ofFederal Regulations (CFR), Parts 4,5
and7which implement Section 205(E) oftheFederal Alcohol Administration Actof
1935, which makes itunlawful foranyperson toalter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate or
remove anymark, brand orlabel onwine, distilled spirits, ormaltbeverages heldfor
saleininterstate orforeign commerce oraftershipment therein.
7. Objective andrationale: Theproposed amendments willreinstate arequirement that
Bureau approval beobtained before relabelling distilled spirits, andwillmake itunlawful
torelabel adistilled spirits, wine ormaltbeverage container iftheeffect ofsuchaction
istoremove fromthecontainer orlabelanyinformation required byBureau regulations,
oraproduct identification code placed ontheproduct bytheproducer fortracing
purposes.
8. Relevant documents: 60FR411, 4January 1995; 27CFR, Parts 4,5and7will
appear intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 6March 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: