RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.348
12December 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-4032)
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: Department oftheTreasury (27)
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
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document:
Country ofOrigin Marking (2pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheDepartment proposes toamend thecustoms regulations to
easetherequirement thatwhenever words appear onanimported article indicating the
name ofageographic location other thanthetruecountry oforigin ofthearticle, the
country oforigin marking always must appear inclose proximity tothose words. The
United States Customs Service believes that,consistent withthestatutory requirements
of19United States Code 1304, thecountry oforigin isonlynecessary tobeinclose
proximity tothename oftheother geographic location ontheimported article ifthe
name oftheother geographic location maymislead ordeceive theultimate purchaser as
totheactual country oforigin oftheimported article.
7. Objective andrationale: Toprevent consumer deception.
8. Relevant documents: 60FR57559, 16November 1995; 19CFR Part134. Will
appear intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined.
10. Final dateforcomments: 16January 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: