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25 October 2019  
(19-7095) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  State of 
Oregon  
2. Agency responsible:  Health Authority, Public Health Division, State of Oregon [1569]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Flavored 
vaping products; Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment (ICS 65.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Vaping Crisis 
and Ban Flavored Vaping Products (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Emergency rule adoption - Implementation of Governor's 
Executive Order to Address Vaping Crisis and Ban Flavored Vaping Products  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of hu man health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Oregon Secretary of State Daily Filings 11 October 2019: 
https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/filingSearch.action  
• Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) 333 -015-1000 - Chapter 333, Division 15 
Implementation of Requirements for Oregon's Indoor Clean Air Act, Nutritional 
Information at Chain Restaurants and Standard s for Reducing the Sale of 
Tobacco and Inhalant Delivery Systems to Persons Under 21 Years of Age, 
Prohibition on Flavored Vaping Products  
• PH 21 -2019, tem porary adopt filed 11 October 2019, effective 15 October 2019 
through 11 April 2020  
• Temporary Administrative Order including Statement of Need & Justifica tion 
OLCC 13 -2019 Chapter 845 Oregon Liquor Control Commission  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  11 October 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  11 October 2019  G/TBT/N/USA/1542  
 
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  10. Final date for comments:  None 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_5961_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_5961_01_e.pdf  
 