RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.204
10July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1907)
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): Special diets (very low
energy diets)
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document:
Explanatory Notes -Proposal P49(4pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Anapplication toamend theAustralian Food Standards Code to
include provision forcomposition andlabelling offoods forspecial dietary uses.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer health andsafety
8. Relevant documents: Australian Food Standards Code, Draft Standard R10-Foods for
Special Medical Purposes
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Recommendation toGovernment by
datetobedecided (notexpected before endof1995). Entry intoforce tobedecided.
10. Final dateforcomments: 30September 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]quoting Proposal Number P49