RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.141
8May1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1204)
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 ofAgriculture (13)
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):
Oranges (HSChapter 0805)
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Oranges Grown intheLower Rio
Grande Valley inTexas andImported Oranges; Proposed Suspension ofRegulations for
Domestic andImported Oranges (3pages)
6. Description ofcontent: This document invites written comments onaproposal to
suspend fortheperiod 1Julythrough 31August, thehandling regulations fororanges
grown intheLower RioGrande Valley inTexas andtheorange import regulations.
Currently, theeffective period forbothdomestic andimported oranges is1January
through 31December ofeachyear.
7. Objective andrationale: Thepurpose oftheproposed suspension istoremove
unnecessary handling regulations applicable toshipments ofTexas oranges forthetwo
month period JulyandAugust. Theproposed suspension ofregulations applicable to
imported oranges isnecessary under Section 8Eoftheamended Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Actof1937.
8. Relevant documents: 60FR20059, 24April 1995; 7CFR Parts 906and944. Will
appear intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1July1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 15May1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: