RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.76
20March 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0600)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofAgriculture (7)
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): Grapefruit, oranges,
tangelos andtangerines (HSChapter 8-2)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Florida Grapefruit, Florida
Oranges andTangelos andFlorida Tangerines; Grade Standards (15pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisrulewould revise theUnited States standards forgrades of
Florida Grapefruit, United States standards forgrades ofFlorida oranges andtangelos,
andUnited States standards forgrades ofFlorida tangerines. Therecommended
revisions would: redefine terms tomore clearly reflect current cultural andmarketing
practices; addandrevise thegrades soastomake them uniform andconsistent with
eachother andother recently revised USgrade standards; revise theexisting tolerances
andtheapplication oftolerances from allowing specific numbers ofdefective fruitto
percentages ofdefective fruit; revise thesizesections togiveindustry greater flexibility
inmarketing andpackaging newvarieties offruit; anddelete references toavisual aid
which isnolonger available.
7. Objective andrationale: Toimprove quality. This standard isreferenced inthe
regulations under theAgricultural Marketing Agreement of1937.
8. Relevant documents: 60FR9990, 22February 1995; 7CFR Part51.Willappear in
theFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 24April 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
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