RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.27
16February 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0570)
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 (37)
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):
Peanuts (HSChapter 1202)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Specialty Crops; Import
Regulations; Peanut Import Regulations (13pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisproposal would establish minimum quality, identification,
certification andsafeguard requirements forimported farmers stock, shelled, and
cleaned-in-shell peanuts. Theruleisissued under Section 108B (1)(2)ofthe
Agricultural Actof1949, asamended. Theprovisions ofparagraph (F)(2)require all
peanuts inthedomestic market tofully comply with allquality standards under the
Peanut Marketing Agreement No.146. Thus, thisrulewould establish thesame quality
requirements andhandling procedures forimported peanuts asthose ineffect for
domestically produced peanuts.
7. Objective andrationale: Tobenefit peanut handlers, importers andconsumers by
helping toensure thatallpeanuts inthemarket-place comply withthesame quality
standards.
8. Relevant documents: 61FR3606, 1February 1996; 7CFR Part999. Willappear in
theFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 4March 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: