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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.52
27February 1995
ORGANIZATION Special Distribution
(95-0402)
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): Hydrogenated Glucose
Syrup
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Explanatory Notes -
Proposal P125 -Hydrogenated Glucose Syrup (3pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Aproposal toamend theAustralian Food Standards Code to
update andrename asmaltitol syrup thespecification forHydrogenated Glucose Syrup
(HGS), andmake consequential amendments toanumber ofcommodity standards to
rename HGS asmaltitol syrup.
7. Objective andrationale: Promotion oftrade andcommerce
8. Relevant documents: Australian Food Standards Code
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Recommendation toGovernment by
12August 1995, andentry intoforce tobedecided.
10. Final dateforcomments: Thedomestic closing dateforcomments is5April 1995,
however comments from Parties willbeaccepted until 21April 1995 ifnotice of
intention tocomment isreceived bythedomestic closing date.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: