RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.288
6October 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2968)
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: Federal Trade Commission (20)
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):
Select leather andimitation leather products
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Guides forSelect Leather and
Imitation Leather Products (8pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheCommission aspartofitsperiodic review ofitsruleand
guides, announces thatithasconcluded areview ofitsguides fortheluggage andrelated
products industry ("luggage guides"); guides forshoecontent labelling andadvertising
("shoe content guides"), andguides fortheladies 'handbag industry ("handbag guides").
TheCommission isrescinding these three guides, andisnowseeking public comment on
proposed guides forselect leather andimitation leather products. Theproposed guides
combine relevant portions ofthethree guides, update certain language used inthe
guides, andmake other modifications toclarify andstreamline provisions oftheguides.
TheCommission hasincluded within thecoverage oftheproposed combined guides the
provisions oftheCommission 'sTrade Regulation Rule concerning misbranding and
deception astoleather content ofwaist belts("waist beltrule").
7. Objective andrationale: Toprevent deceptive advertising.
8. Relevant documents: 60FR48056, 18September 1995; 16CFR Part24.Willappear
intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 18October 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: