RESTRICTED
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE PC/IPL/W/13
FOR THE 10November 1994
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
(94-2382)
SUB-COMMITTEE ONINSTITUTIONAL ,
PROCEDURAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER THE WTO AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Communication from theChairman oftheCommittee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
Thefollowing communication, dated 8November 1994andaddressed totheChairman ofthe
Sub-Committee, hasbeenreceived fromtheChairman oftheCommittee onTechnical Barriers toTrade.
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Ihavethepleasure offorwarding toyouanumber ofrecommendations agreed bytheCommittee
onTechnical Barriers toTrade atitsmeeting of28October 1994 aimed atensuring thatadequate
procedures willbeinplace toallow notifications tobemade andprocessed during theperiod between
entry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade andthefirstmeeting ofhte
WTO Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade. Iwould liketorequest youtobring theattention
oftheSub-Committee onInstitutional, Procedural andLegal Matters tothose recommendations on
thenotification procedures and,pending thefirstmeeting oftheWTO Committee onTechnical Barriers
toTrade, invite theSub-Committee toendorse them andtoinstruct theSecretariat toundertake the
work thatwillbenecessary toimplement them.
Therecommendations areasfollows:
(i) Notifications made under theobligations oftheTokyo Round Agreement onTechnical Barriers
toTrade shallcontinue tobemade andprocessed inaccordance withtheexisting procedures.
(ii) Incases where thefinaldateforcomments ofanotification made anddistributed under the
Tokyo Round Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade byaParty totheAgreement which
hasbecome aWTO Member fallsafterthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement
onTechnical Barriers toTrade, thenotification shallbedistributed without modification by
theWTO Secretariat toMembers oftheWTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade who
havenotalready received thenotification asasignatory oftheTokyo Round Agreement.
(iii) Notifications made under theobligations oftheWTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade
should, from thedateofentry intoforce oftheAgreement fortheMembers concerned:
- bemade using anewnotification from (copy attached);
- besubmitted totheWTO Secretariat.
WTO Members shall follow therecommendations andguidelines relating tonotification
procedures contained inTBT/16/Rev.7.PC/IPL/W/13
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Thenotifications shallbeprocessed expeditiously bytheSecretariat anddistributed toother
Members oftheWTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade.
(iv) Inaccordance withtherecommendations andguidelines contained inTBT/16/Rev.7:
(a) Members oftheWTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade shallinform theWTO
Secretariat assoonaspossible oftheaddress towhich theywishnotifications sent.
Pending receipt ofthisinformation, theWTO Secretariat shalldistribute notifications
totheaddresses ofthedelegations oftheMembers oftheWTO Agreement onTechnical
Barriers toTrade.
(b) Members oftheWTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade shallinform other
Members, viatheWTO Secretariat, assoon aspossible ofthenames, addresses,
telephone andtelefax numbers oftheirEnquiry Points towhom enquiries regarding
notifications maybeaddressed andoftheappropriate authority towhom requests for
consultation maybeaddressed, asnecessary. Pending receipt ofthisinformation,
enquiries andrequests forconsultation maybeaddressed tothedelegations ofthe
Members oftheAgreement whoshallensure theyaretransmitted expeditiously tothe
appropriate authority.
(v) TheDirector-General oftheWTO isinvited toenter expeditiously intoanagreement withthe
ISOCentral Secretariat toestablish aWTO Standards Information Service operated byISO.RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE TBT/Notif.95.
1995
ORGANISATION Special Distribution
(95-0000)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying:
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],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):
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document:
6. Description ofcontent:
7. Objective andrationale:
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: