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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.260
30August 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2518)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Slovak Ministry ofAgriculture
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): Potatoes
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: STN462211 -Potatoes
6. Description ofcontent: Proposed obligatory standard isvalid forpurchase andsupply of
newandautumn potatoes, peeled consumer potatoes andpotatoes forprocessing. Itis
notvalid forseedpotatoes. Thestandard determines quality grades, allowed deviations,
requirements fortesting, sampling, requirements forpackaging, labelling, transport and
storage.
7. Objective andrationale: Quality control
8. Relevant documents:
(a)Previous documents: STN462211 (dated 23February 1987)
(b)After approval willbepublished inofficial journal -Vestník ÚNMS SR.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: Twomonths
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: