RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.72
13March 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0551)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CANADA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Agriculture andAgri-Food Canada
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): Livestock
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment tothe
Livestock Carcass Grading Regulations, pages 479-495
6. Description ofcontent: Theprimary aspects ofthisAmendment areto:
(i) incorporate thepoultry grade standards intotheLivestock Carcass Grading
Regulations andrename theregulations totheLivestock andPoultry Carcass
Grading Regulations;
(ii) provide forafullyvoluntary poultry carcass grading system byeliminating the
current mandatory grading requirements fortheinterprovincial, import orexport
movements ofpoultry carcasses;
(iii) retain onlytheCanada A,Canada Utility andCanada Cgrade names withslight
modifications tothegrade standards;
(iv) allow opaque packaging forgraded orungraded poultry;
(v) maintain departmental authority tocollect poultry market statistics fromfederally
andprovincially registered establishments;
(vi) introduce abeneficiary paysystem toregistered establishments wishing toapply
Canada grade names topoultry carcasses inorder tosupport thegrade
monitoring service provided bytheDepartment.
7. Objective andrationale: Prevention ofdeceptive practices
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, PartI,25February 1995, pages 479-495.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notstated
10. Final dateforcomments: 27March 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: