RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.91
28March 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0725)
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
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): Margarine
(HS: 1517.10)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Amendment totheQuality
Labelling Standards forMargarine (available inJapanese, 10pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Asregards theQuality Labelling Standards forMargarine,
"Prepared Margarine" and"FatSpread" other than"Margarine" willbesubject tothe
standards.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheLawConcerning Standardization andProper
Labelling ofAgricultural andForest Products.
Thesaidamendment willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)
when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 30May1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: