WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/TUN/6
9 October 2001
(01-4896)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original  :  French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   TUNISIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   National
Standardization and Industrial Property Institute, Enquiry Point
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Trade
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Institut National
de la Normalisation et de Propriété Industrie lle (INNORPI) – Head office Cité:  El Khadhra,
Tunis 1003 – Tunisia – Postal address:  PB 23, 1002 Tunis Belvédère – Tunisia
Tel:  785 922 – Fax:  781 563 – E- mail:  Inorpi@ema il.ati.tn INNORPI
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):
Plastic bags.  ICS: 55. 080
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ratification Order for
Tunisian Standard NT 05.390(2000):  Plastic Packaging:  Bags for the Collection and
Pre-Collection of Rubbish (13 pages, in French)
6. Description of content:   Establishes specifications and tests for plastic bags for the
collection and pre-collection of rubbish, as well as for their fastening mechanism.  Bags for
pre-collection are designed to be used in the home and left subsequently in rubbish bags or
in containers for collection.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Suitability for use
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:  19 October 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2001
10. Final date for comments:   10 September 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
INNORPI:  Postal address BP 23- 1012
Tunisia – BelvédèreTel:  785 922
Fax:  781 563
E-mail:  INORPI@E mail.ati.tn
(Text available in French)