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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.11
29January 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0330)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CZECH REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture
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):
Animal nutrition materials -HS2309
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Executing Ordinance tothe
Animal Feed Act(34pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheDraft Ordinance sets:
- Conditions fortheregistration oftheproducers/importers offeeds orfeed
additives orpremixes (inthefollowing referred toasthefeedproducts);
- requirements onbiological testing offeedproducts;
- feedproducts permitted fortheputting intothecirculation, requirements ontheir
composition, properties andsuitability;
- labelling requirements;
- requirements onthesampling andtesting methods.
Thefollowing Articles oftheOrdinance arebeing notified under theTBTAgreement:
- §§3,4onregistration bytheCentral Agricultural Checking andTesting Institute
oftheproducers/importers ofthefeedproducts;
- §13onthequality testing oftheanimal products (meat, eggs, etc.) from
animals fedbythetested feedproducts;
- §§17,18onrequirements ontherawmaterials forfeedproduction;
- §§24-26 onrequirements onpremixes andcarriers;
- §§27-29 oncomplete feeds anoncomplementary feeds;
- §§33-37 onlabelling offeedproducts.
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7. Objective andrationale: Animal feeding quality
8. Relevant documents:
(1) Announcement willappear intheOfficial Journal oftheCOSMT;
(2) Executing Ordinance totheAnimal Feed Act;
(3) Collection ofLaws
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: After adopting bytheParliament ofthe
Animal Feed Act
10. Final dateforcomments: 20February 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: