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16 April 2019  
(19-2539) 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:  KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARA BIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Saudi Standards ,Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)  
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:   
http://www.saso.gov.sa   
Saudi Standards ,Metrolo gy and Quality Organization  
P. O .BOX : 3437 Riyadh 11471  
Tel: +966(1)4520000  Ext : (1378 -1381-1383)  
Fax +966(1)4520193  
Email: enquirypoint@saso.gov.sa  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 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):  Food 
products in general (ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language( s) of the notified document:  Added Sugar 
Upper Limit in Some Food Products (7 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation applies to all food products that 
contain any added sugar, except the following:  
1. Drinking soda with any natural and  artificial sweeteners such as (Diet, lite, Zero. etc)  
2. Food for special dietary uses.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
WHO recommendations for added sugar:  
https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar -guideline/en/  
USDA food composition database:  
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/  
European Commission Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 :  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02006R1924 -20141213   
Codex standards No. CAC/GL 2:2017.  G/TBT/N/SAU/1108  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 January 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
http://www.saso.gov.sa   
Saudi Standards ,Metrology and Quality Organizat ion 
P. O .BOX : 3437 Riyadh 11471  
Tel: +966(1)4520000  Ext : (1378 -1381-1383)  
Fax +966(1)4520193  
Email: enquirypoint@saso.gov.sa  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/SAU/19_2210_00_x.pdf  
 