WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.119
6May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1764)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: FRANCE
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry oftheEconomy andFinance, andMinistry of
Agriculture, Fisheries andFood
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.
ICS numbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Preserved,
semi-preserved andfrozen shellfish ofthefamily Pectinidae (scallops) HS03.07.29
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Order Relating tothe
Permitted Trade Descriptions ofScallops (Pectinidae) (2pages, available inFrench)
6. Description ofcontent: Thetextregulates thetrade descriptions applicable toshellfish
ofthefamily Pectinidae (scallops) marketed inthepreserved, semi-preserved andfrozen
stateonFrench territory.
7. Objective andrationale: Theobjective istoensure consumer information andfairtrade.
8. Relevant documents: Draft notyetpublished. Basic document: Order of
22March 1993, asamended, relating tothepermitted trade descriptions ofshellfish of
thefamily Pectinidae (scallops).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Attheexpiry ofthetime-period provided forcomments
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 45daysfrom thedateofthisnotification
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: (CINORTECH)