WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.162
4June1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2104)
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.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Ginger (HS:0709.90)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Establishment of
Quality Labelling Standards forGinger (2pages, available inJapanese)
6. Description ofcontent: Toestablish quality labelling standards forginger inorder to
inform itsquality toconsumers because ginger ofvarious quality hasbeensupplied as
production 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: