WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.153
3June1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2071)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofHealth andFamily Services
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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):
Surgical gloves forgeneral medical anddental use
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document:
Therapeutic Goods Order 53-Gloves forSurgical Use
6. Description ofcontent: Describes mandatory standard forsurgical gloves based on
ISO10282:1994 Single-use sterile surgical rubber gloves -Specification
7. Objective andrationale: Toensure thesafety, quality andefficacy ofsurgical gloves in
Australia.
8. Relevant documents: ISO10282:1994 Single-use sterile surgical rubber gloves -
Specification
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:30August 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 16August 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Quoting, "Therapeutic Goods Order 53-Gloves forSurgical Use".