RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.203
10July1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1906)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Food Authority
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): Residues infood
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Explanatory Notes -Proposal P133
(2pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Anapplication toamend theAustralian Food Standards Code to
provide foraclearer andmore consistent commodity nomenclature within theFood
Standards Code.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer health andsafety
8. Relevant documents: Australian Food Standards Code, Standard A14-Residues in
Food
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Recommendation toGovernment by
datetobedecided (notexpected before endof1994). Entry intoforce tobedecided.
10. Final dateforcomments: Thedomestic closing dateforcomments is2August 1995,
however, comments from Members willbeaccepted until8September 1995 ifnotice of
intention tocomment isreceived bythedomestic closing date.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]quoting Proposal Number P133.