WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.104
10March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0957)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BELGIUM
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry oftheMiddle Classes andAgriculture, Animal Health
andAnimal Product Quality Administration (DG 5),Dairy andPoultry Product
Processing Services, WTC 3-Boulevard Simon Bolivar 30,B-1000 Brussels
TP:+3222083554,TF:+3222083565
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): Milk powder
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Ministerial Decree
Amending theMinisterial Decree of6March 1978 onPreserved Milk Products for
Human Consumption
6. Description ofcontent: Themain purpose ofthedraft Decree istoreplace themodel
official inspection mark formilkpowder sothatitrefers totheBelgian Ministry ofthe
Middle Classes andAgriculture andnolonger totheNational Milk Board.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Necessitated bytheabolition oftheNational Milk Board andthetransfer ofitspowers to
theMinistry oftheMiddle Classes andAgriculture.
8. Relevant documents:
- Royal Decree of22December 1977 onpreserved milk products forhuman
consumption;
- Ministerial Decree of6March 1978 onpreserved milk products forhuman
consumption.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: CIBELNOR