WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.45
7March 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0830)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofAgriculture (38)
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):
Onions (HSChapter 7)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Vegetables; Import Regulations;
Modification ofRegulatory Time-Periods forImported Onions (2pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheAdministration proposes tomodify thetime-periods when
imported onions areregulated based onthegrade, size, quality, andmaturity
requirements oftheSouth Texas Onion andIdaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Marketing
Orders. Thisaction isrequired bySection 8EoftheAgricultural Marketing Agreement
Actof1937.
7. Objective andrationale: Tomake theonion import requirements consistent with
regulatory time-period changes made under theSouth Texas Onion Marketing Order.
8. Relevant documents: 61FR4941, 9February 1996; 7CFR Part980. Willappear in
theFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 11March 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: