WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.160
4June1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2101)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAPAN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry andFisheries
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): Dried shiitake
mushroom (hoshi-shiitake) (HS:0712.30)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Establishment of
Quality Labelling Standards forDried Shiitake Mushroom (4pages, available in
Japanese)
6. Description ofcontent: Toestablish quality labelling standards fordried shiitake
mushroom inorder toinform itsquality toconsumers because dried shiitake mushroom
ofvarious quality hasbeensupplied asproduction places arediversified.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofconsumers 'interests
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheLawConcerning Standardization andProper
Labelling ofAgricultural andForest Products.
Thesaidamendment willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)
when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 31July1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: