RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.155
12May1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1254)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Food Authority
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):
Allpackaged foods
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Briefing Paper -Proposal P90-
Country ofOrigin Labelling (3pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Aproposal toamend theAustralian Food Standards Code to
review comprehensively alltheprovisions intheCode which relate tocountry oforigin
labelling.
7. Objective andrationale: Prevention ofconsumer deception andpromotion oftrade and
commerce
8. Relevant documents: Australian Food Standards Code
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Recommendation toGovernment by
mid-August 1995, andentry intoforce tobedecided
10. Final dateforcomments: Thedomestic closing dateforcomments is31May 1995,
however, comments from Members willbeaccepted until 30June 1995 ifnotice of
intention tocomment isreceived bythedomestic closing date. Receipt ofcomments as
soonaspossible afterthedomestic closing datewould, however, beappreciated.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: (Quoting Proposal P90)