Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 1/14/2005

**GAIN Report Number:** CH5003

CH5003

**China, Peoples Republic of**

**FAIRS Product Specific**

**GB1536 National Standard for Rapeseed Oil SPS/N/CHN/43 and
TBT/N/CHN/35**

**2004**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Ralph Gifford

U.S. Embassy, Beijing

**Prepared by:**

Wu Bugang and Adam Branson

**Report Highlights:**

This report contains an UNOFFICIAL translation of China\'s WTO notified
National Standard for Rapeseed Oil (GB1536). The comment period for this
Standard, notified by both the SPS (CHN/43) and TBT (CHN/35) offices in
2003 expired. The Standard will enter into force on February 1, 2005.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Beijing \[CH1\]

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Table of Contents

[**Disclaimer 3**](#disclaimer)

[Background 3](#background)

[National Standard for Rapeseed Oil (GB1536-2004)
3](#national-standard-for-rapeseed-oil-gb1536-2004)

[Preamble 3](#preamble)

[1 Scope 4](#scope)

[2 Reference Specifications 4](#reference-specifications)

[3 Terminology and Definitions 5](#terminology-and-definitions)

[4 Classification 6](#classification)

[5 Quality Requirements 6](#quality-requirements)

[Table 1 Crude rapeseed oil quality index
7](#table-1-crude-rapeseed-oil-quality-index)

[Table 2 Quality Indexes for Finished Rapeseed Oil by Pressing and
Solvent Extraction
8](#table-2-quality-indexes-for-finished-rapeseed-oil-by-pressing-and-solvent-extraction)

[6　Inspection Method 8](#inspection-method)

[7 Inspection Rules 9](#inspection-rules)

[8　Label 9](#label)

[9 Package, Storage and Transportation
9](#package-storage-and-transportation)

[Reference 11](#__RefHeading___Toc93463856)

[G/SPS/N/CHN/43 12](#gspsnchn43)

[Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
12](#committee-on-sanitary-and-phytosanitary-measures)

[G/TBT/N/CHN/35 13](#gtbtnchn35)

[Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
13](#committee-on-technical-barriers-to-trade)

# Disclaimer

Information in this translated report may not be completely accurate
either because policies may change when the regulation is adopted, or
because clear and consistent information about these policies was not
available. Therefore, U.S. exporters should try to verify all import
requirements with their foreign customers, who are normally best
informed, before any goods are shipped. Final import approval of any
product is subject to the importing country's rules and regulations as
interpreted by border officials at the time of product entry. In the
event of any errors or omissions in this translation, the original
Chinese version shall prevail.

\* This report is a free translation provided by the USDA Foreign
Agricultural Service Agricultural Affairs Office in Beijing, China for
those interested in exporting American food and agricultural products.
Please send any feedback and questions to the Agricultural Affairs
Office (<agbeijing@usda.gov>) or the USDA FAS Office of Food Safety and
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<ofsts@fas.usda.gov>).

# Background

China's WTO notification and enquiry offices for SPS and TBT affairs
both notified the same version of the DRAFT Hygienic Standards for
Rapeseed Oil (GB1536) in late 2003. The General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) and the
Standardization Administration of China (SAC) published a FINAL version
of this Standard on August 13, 2004 that is scheduled to enter into
force on February 1, 2005.

BEGIN TRANSLATION

# 

# National Standard for Rapeseed Oil (GB1536-2004)

# Preamble

**Part of the indicators of the standard in Table 1 and Table 2 of
Clauses 5.2 and 5.4 of Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 are mandatory while the
others are encouranged.**

The standard is a revision of GB 1536-1986 \"Rapeseed Oil\".

The main technical differences between this standard and GB 1536-1986
are as follows:

-The structure, technical elements and formulation rules are modified
according to GB/T 1.1-2000 \"Standardized Working Guide Rules, Part 1:
Structure and Writing Rules of Standards\";

> -Classification and grading are made according to raw materials and
> processing of

rapeseed oil;

> -The characteristic indexes and quality indexes in the above Standard
> have been

adjusted;

> -Related quality indexes have been revised;
>
> -The defination and content of low-erucic acid are determined in
> accordance with

relevant standards regarding 'double low' rapeseed oil.

Related indexes are modified with reference to International Codex
Alimentarius.

The standard shall replace GB 1536-1986 \"Rapeseed Oil\" and come to
effect on the date of its execution.

The standard is put forward and managed by the State Grain
Administration.

The standard is drafted by the Standard Quality Center of State Grain
Administration and Xi\'an Grease, Food And Fodder Quality Supervision,
Inspection & Test Center of State Grain Administration; and participated
by Shanghai Fulinmen Food Co. Ltd., Hubei Tianyi Science & Technology
Co. Ltd. and Shenzhen Nanshun Oil & Grease Co. Ltd..

The standard is drafted by Tang Ruiming, Long Lingli, Xue Yalin, Chen
Yan, Xu Xia, Hu Jing, Zhao Hongmei and Liu Zuomin.

# 1 Scope

The standard provides the terminologies and their definitions,
classification, quality requirements of rapeseed oil, and the inspection
method and rules, as well as the requirements of labeling, package,
storage and transportation, etc.

The standard applies to pressed finished product rapeseed oil, solvent
extraction finished product rapeseed oil and crude rapeseed oil.

The quality indexes of crude rapeseed oil are only applicable to the
trade of crude rapeseed oil.

# 

# 2 Reference Specifications

The clauses in the following documents are referenced in this standard
and become the clauses of this standard. Any modification lists (except
text corrections) or revisions of the referenced documents specified
with date shall not apply to this standard. But, all parties of this
standard shall decide whether the latest editions of the following
standard are applicable or not. All the latest editions of the
referenced documents without date indication are applicable to this
standard.

GB 2716 Hygiene Standard for Edible Vegetable Oil

GB 2760 Hygiene Standard for Food Additives Use

GB/T 5009.37 Analytical method of hygienic standard for edible vegetable
oil

GB/T 5490 General Inspection Rules for Cereals, Oils And Vegetable
Grease

GB/T 5524 Method of sampling and sample splitting in vegetable fat and
oil inspection

GB/T 5525-1985 Inspection Method of Transparency, Color, Odor and Taste
of Vegetable Grease

GB/T 5526 Specific gravity test method in vegetable fat and oil
inspection

GB/T 5527 Method for the determination of refractive exponent in
vegetable fat and oil inspection

GB/T 5528 Water content and volatile content test method of vegetable
grease and oil

GB/T 5529 Method for the determination of impurities in vegetable fat
and oil inspection

GB/T 5530 Acid Value and Acidity Test of Animal and Vegetable Grease and
Oil

GB/T 5531 Heating test in vegetable fat and oil inspection

GB/T 5532 Determination of iodine value in vegetable oil

GB/T 5533 Method for the determination of saponified matter content in
vegetable fat and oil inspection

GB/T 5534 Method for the determination of of saponification value in
animal and vegetable grease and oil

GB/T 5535 Method for the determination of unsaponifiable matter in
vegetable fat and oil inspection

GB/T 5538 Peroxide test of grease

GB/T 5539 Oil and fat qualitative test in vegetable fat and oil
inspection

GB 7718 General Standard of Foodstuff Labels

GB/T 17374 Sales package of edible vegetable oil

GB/T 17376 Fatty acid methyl ester preparation of animal and vegetable
grease and oil

GB/T 17377 Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester of
Animal and Vegetable Grease and Oil

GB/T 17756-1999 General Technical Specifications for Salad Oil

# 

# 3 Terminology and Definitions

The following terminologies and definitions are applicable to this
standard.

3.1 **pressing rapeseed oil**

Oil obtained from rapeseed by direct pressing.

3.2 **solvent extraction rapeseed oil**

Oil obtained from rapeseed by solvent extraction process.

3.3 **genetically modified rapeseed oil**

Oil made from genetically modified rapeseed.

3.4 **rapeseed oil- low erucic acid**

Rapeseed oil with the erucic acid content in the composition of fatty
acid no greater than 3%.

3.5 **crude rapeseed oil**

Rapeseed oil without any treatment and not directly edible by human
beings.

3.6 **finished product of rapeseed oil**

Rapeseed oil following treatment and meeting the quality indexes of this
standard and hygienic requirements for finished product oil for direct
human consumption.

3.7 **refractive index**

The sine ratio between incidence angle and refractionray angle when
light ray enters grease or oil from air.

3.8 **specific gravity**

The weight ratio between vegetable oil and distilled water of the same
volume at 20 degree Celsius.

3.9 **iodine value**

The grammage of iodine necessary for addition reaction to take place in
100 grams of oil under rated conditions.

3.10 **saponification value**

Number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to saponify 1 gram of
oil.

3.11 **unsaponifiable matter**

Substances in oil that does not act with alkali and is dissolvable in
aether but not dissolvable in water, including sterol, fat-soluble
vitamin and pigment, etc..

3.12 **fatty acid**

The generic term for fatty group monocarboxylic acid, with the general
expression of R-COOH.

3.13 **color**

Color of oil itself, mainly coming from the fat colore in oil.

3.14 **transparency**

The degree of ray of light to penetrate oil.

3.15 **moisture and volatile matter**

Trace amount of moisture and volatile substances in oil at a certain
temperature.

3.16 **insoluble impurities**

Substances in oil not dissolvable in organic solvent such as petroleum
ether etc..

3.17 **acid value**

Number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize the
free fatty acid in 1 gram of oil.

3.18 **peroxide value**

Number of millimoles of peroxide in 1 kilogram of oil.

3.19 **residual solvent content in oil**

Number of milligrams of solvent remaining in 1 kilogram of oil.

3.20 **heating test**

Heat the oil sample to 280 degree Celsius and observe if there is any
educt and color change.

3.21 **refrigeration test**

Put the oil sample at 0 degree Celsius for a certain period of time and
observe the clearness.

3.22 **saponified matter content**

Content of saponified matter in oil after alkali refining (calculated in
sodium oleate).

3.23 **smoking point**

The temperature at which the oil sample is heated to start the
continuous release of blue smoke.

# 4 Classification

Rapeseed oil is classified into three categories of pressed finished
product rapeseed oil, solvent extraction finished product rapeseed oil
and crude rapeseed oil.

# 5 Quality Requirements

5.1 Characteristic index

Normal rapeseed oil Low erucic acid Rapeseed oil

Refraction index (n^40^): 1.465 \~ 1.469 1.465 \~1.467

Relative density (d): 0.910 \~ 0.920 0.914 \~ 0.920

Iodine value (gI/100g) 94 \~ 120 105～126

Saponification value (mgKOH/g): 168 \~181 182 \~193

Unsaponifiable matter (g/kg): ≤ 20 ≤ 20

Fatty acid composition (%):

Fatty acid below 14 carbon ND ND

Amomum acid C~14:0~ ND \~ 0.2 ND \~ 0.2

Palmitinic acid C~16:0~ 1.5 \~ 6.0 2.5 \~ 7.0

Palm mono olefine acid C~16:1~ ND \~ 3.0 ND \~ 0.6

Heptadecanoic acid C~17:0~ ND \~ 0.1 ND \~ 0.3

17 carbon 1 olefine acid C~17:1~ ND \~ 0.1 ND \~ 0.3

Stearic acid C~18:0~ 0.5 \~ 3.1 0.8 \~ 3.0

Oleic acid C~18:1~ 8.0 \~ 60.0 51.0 \~70.0

Linoleic acid C~18:2~ 11.0 \~ 23.0 15.0 \~ 30.0

Linolenic acid C~18:3~ 5.0 \~13.0 5.0 \~ 14.0

Arachidic acid C~20:0~ ND \~3.0 0.2 \~1.2

Peanut mono olefine acid C~20:1~ 3.0 \~15.0 0.1 \~ 4.3

Peanut diolefinic acid C~20:2~ ND \~1.0 ND \~0.1

Docosanoic acid C~22:0~ ND \~2.0 ND \~ 0.6

Erucic acid C~22:1~ 2.0 \~ 60.0 ND \~2.0

Behenolic carbon diolefinic acid C~22:2~ ND \~ 2.0 ND \~ 0.1

Lignoceric acid C~24:0~ ND \~2.0 ND \~ 0.3

24 carbon 1 olefine acid C~24:1~ ND \~ 3.0 ND \~ 0.4

Note 1: The above indexes, except for erucic acid content, are
consistent to those in International Codex Alimentarius Standard
CODEX-STAN 210-1999 \"Appointed Vegetable Oil Code Standard\".

> Note 2: ND means not detected and is defined as 0.05%.

5.2 Quality grade index

5.2.1 For crude rapeseed oil quality index, refer to Table 1.

## Table 1 Crude rapeseed oil quality index

  ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------
  Items                                 Quality index

  Odor, taste                           Having the natural taste and odor
                                        of crude rapeseed oil, without
                                        offensive taste or odor

  Moisture and volatile substance (%) ≤ 0.20

  Insoluble impurities (%) ≤            0.20

  **Acid value (KOH)/ (mg/g)** ≤        **4.0**

  **Peroxide value (mmol/kg)** ≤        **7.5**

  **Solvent residue (mg/kg)** ≤         **100**

  **Chlorophyll content (mg/kg)** ≤     **30**

  Note: Bold face means mandatory.      
  ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------

5.2.2 Refer to Table 2 for quality indexes of finished rapeseed oil by
pressing and solvent extraction.

## Table 2 Quality Indexes for Finished Rapeseed Oil by Pressing and Solvent Extraction 

  -------------- ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ----------- ------------
  Items                                   Quality index                           

                                          Grade 1       Grade 2       Grade 3     **Grade 4**

  Color          (Lovibond                \--           \--           Yellow 35   **Yellow 35
                 Cell                                                 red 4.0     red 7.0**
                 25.4mm) ≤                                                        

                 (Lovibond                Yellow 20 red Yellow 35 red \--         **\--**
                 Cell                     2.0           4.0                       
                 133.4mm) ≤                                                       

  Odor, taste                             No odor and   Good odor and Having the  **Having the
                                          good flavour  good flavour  natural     natural
                                                                      taste and   taste and
                                                                      odor of     odor of
                                                                      rapeseed    rapeseed
                                                                      oil,        oil, without
                                                                      without     offensive
                                                                      offensive   taste or
                                                                      taste or    odor**
                                                                      odor        

  Transparency                            Clear,        Clear,        \--         **\--**
                                          transparent   transparent               

  Moisture and                            0.05          0.05          0.10        **0.20**
  volatile                                                                        
  substance (%)                                                                   
  ≤                                                                               

  Insoluble                               0.05          0.05          0.05        **0.05**
  impurities                                                                      
  (%)≤                                                                            

  **Acid value                            **0.20**      **0.30**      **1.0**     **3.0**
  (KOH) (mg/g)**                                                                  
  ≤                                                                               

  **Peroxide                              **5.0**       **5.0**       **6.0**     **6.0**
  value                                                                           
  (mmol/kg)** ≤                                                                   

  Heating test                            \--           \--           No          **Trace
  (280℃)                                                              eduction,   amount of
                                                                      Lovibond    eduction,
                                                                      Cell:       Lovibond
                                                                      yellow      Cell: yellow
                                                                      value       value
                                                                      remains     remains
                                                                      unchanged   unchanged,
                                                                      and red     while red
                                                                      value added value
                                                                      by less     increases
                                                                      than 0.4    less than
                                                                                  4.0 and blue
                                                                                  value less
                                                                                  than 0.5**

  Saponified                              \--           \--           0.03        **\--**
  matter content                                                                  
  (%) ≤                                                                           

  Smoke point                             215           205           \--         **\--**
  (degree                                                                         
  Celsius) ≥                                                                      

  Freezing test                           Clear,        \--           \--         **\--**
  (At 0 degree                            transparent                             
  Celsius for                                                                     
  5.5 hours)                                                                      

  **Solvent                  **Solvent    **ND**        **ND**        ≤ **50**    ≤ **50**
  residue                    extraction                                           
  (mg/kg)**                  oil**                                                

                             **Pressing   **ND**        **ND**        **ND**      **ND**
                             oil**                                                

  Note 1: The                                                                     
  items marked                                                                    
  \"-\" are not                                                                   
  tested. When                                                                    
  the solvent                                                                     
  residue is                                                                      
  less than                                                                       
  10mg/kg in                                                                      
  pressing oil                                                                    
  and solvent                                                                     
  extraction oil                                                                  
  of grade 1 and                                                                  
  2, it is                                                                        
  deemed as not                                                                   
  detected. Note                                                                  
  2: Bold face                                                                    
  means                                                                           
  compulsive.                                                                     
  -------------- ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ----------- ------------

**5.3 Hygiene indexes**

To be implemented according to GB 2716, GB 2760 and related national
standards and regulations.

**5.4 Others**

Rapeseed oil shall not be mixed with other edible oil or inedible oil;
and shall not be added with any essence or spice.

# 6　Inspection Method

6.1 The inspection of transparency, odor and flavor inspection shall be
carried out according to Chapter 1 and chapter 3 of GB/T 5525-1985.

6.2 Color inspection shall be carried out according to Chapter 2 of GB/T
5525.

6.3 Relative density inspection shall be carried out according to GB/T
5526

6.4 Refractive exponent inspection shall be carried out according to
GB/T 5527.

6.5 Moisture and volatile substance inspection shall be carried out
according to GB/T 5528.

6.6 Insoluble impurities inspection shall be carried out according to
GB/T 5529.

6.7 Acid value inspection shall be carried out according to GB/T 5530.

6.8 Heating test shall be carried out carried out according to GB/T
5531.

6.9 Iodine value inspection shall be carried out according to GB/T 5532.

6.10 Soap content inspection shall be carried out according to GB/T
5533.

6.11 Saponification value inspection shall be carried out according to
GB/T 5534.

6.12 Unsaponifiable matter inspection shall be carried out according to
GB/T 5535.

6.13 Peroxide value inspection shall be carried out according to GB/T
5538.

6.14 Freezing test shall be carried out according to Annex A to GB/T
17756-1999.

6.15 Smoke point inspection shall be carried out according to Annex B to
GB/T 17756-1999.

6.16 Chlorophyl inspection shall be carried out according to GB/T \* \*
execution.

6.17 Solvent residue inspection shall be carried out according to GB/T
5009.37.

6.18 Oil qualitative test shall be carried out according to GB/T 5539.
The results of qualitative test and characteristic index (5.1) shall be
deemed as comprehensive discrimination basis.

6.19 Fatty acid composition inspection shall be carried out according to
GB/T 17376-17377.

6.20 Hygiene index inspection shall be carried out according to GB/T
5009.37.

# 7 Inspection Rules

**7.1 Sampling**

Rapeseed oil sampling method shall be carried out according to GB/T
5524.

**7.2 Ex-work inspection**

7.2.1 Inspection shall be made to each batch, and inspection report
shall be produced.

7.2.2 Inspection shall be carried out according to the stipulations in
5.2 of this standard.

**7.3 Type inspection**

7.3.1 When there are major changes in raw materials, equipment or
process, or as required by quality supervision authorities, type
inspection shall be carried out.

7.3.2 Inspection shall be carried out according to the stipulations in
Chapter 5 of this standard.

**7.4 Judgment rules**

7.4.1 If the product is not labeled for quality grade, it shall be
rejected.

7.4.2 In case of failure in one of the grade indexes, the product shall
be rejected.

# 

# 8　Label

Apart from the stipulations and requirements of GB 7718, the following
clauses shall be observed:

**8.1 Product name**

8.1.1 All products with the label of \"rapeseed oil\" shall comply with
this standard.

8.1.2 Genetically modified rapeseed oil shall be marked according to
relevant national regulations.

8.1.3 Pressing rapeseed oil and solvent extraction rapeseed oil shall be
marked with \"pressing\" or \"solvent extraction\" in the product label.

**8.2 Country of origin**

Country name of the origin of raw materials shall be indicated.

# 

# 9 Package, Storage and Transportation

**9.1 Package**

Package shall conform to GB/T 17374 and relevant national regulations
and requirements.

**9.2 Storage**

The product shall be stored in a cool, dry and dark place. It shall not
be stored together with any harmful or toxic articles.

**9.3 Transportation**

During transportation, it shall be protected from sunshine, rain,
leakage, pollution and label missing. Bulk shipment shall be carried out
by using special vehicle that must be clean
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Reference

［1］International Codex Alimentarius Standard CODEX-STAN 210-1999
\"Appointed Vegetable Oil Code Standard\"

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# G/SPS/N/CHN/43

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| **[World Trade]{.smallcaps}**                    | *                 |
|                                                  | *G/SPS/N/CHN/43** |
| **[Organization]{.smallcaps}**                   |                   |
|                                                  | 23 December 2003  |
| #                                                |                   |
| Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | (03-6710)         |
|                                                  |                   |
|                                                  | Original: English |
+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------+

**NOTIFICATION**

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| ** | **Member to Agreement notifying:** [THE PEOPLE\'S REPUBLIC OF   |
| 1. | CHINA]{.underline}                                              |
| ** |                                                                 |
|    | If applicable, name of local government involved:               |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:** Standardization Administration of China |
| 2. |                                                                 |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified  |
| 3. | in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers       |
| ** | should be provided in addition, where applicable):** Rapeseed   |
|    | oil, ICS 67.200.10                                              |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ** | **Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent     |
| 4. | relevant or practicable:** All countries and regions            |
| ** |                                                                 |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ** | **Title, language and number of pages of the notified           |
| 5. | document:** National Standard on Rapeseed oil (available in     |
| ** | Chinese, 11 pages)                                              |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ** | **Description of content:** This National Standard specifies    |
| 6. | requirements on definition, classification, technical           |
| ** | requirements, test methods, inspection rules, labelling,        |
|    | package, storage, transportation etc., for rapeseed oil.        |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ** | **Objective and rationale: \[ X \] food safety, \[   \] animal  |
| 7. | health, \[   \] plant protection, \[   \] protect humans from   |
| ** | animal/plant pest or disease, \[   \] protect territory from    |
|    | other damage from pests**                                       |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ** | **International standard, guideline or recommendation:**        |
| 8. |                                                                 |
| ** | **\[**   **\] Codex Alimentarius Commission, \[   \] Office     |
|    | International des Epizooties, \[   \] International Plant       |
|    | Protection Convention, \[ X \] None**                           |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | **If an international standard, guideline or recommendation     |
|    | exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify     |
|    | deviations:**                                                   |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ** | **Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are         |
| 9. | available:**                                                    |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Proposed date of adoption:** To be determined                 |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 0. |                                                                 |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Proposed date of entry into force:** 6 months after adoption  |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 1. |                                                                 |
| ** |                                                                 |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| *  | **Final date for comments:** Sixty days after circulation by    |
| *1 | the Secretariat                                                 |
| 2. |                                                                 |
| ** | **Agency or authority designated to handle comments:            |
|    | \[   \] National notification authority, \[ X \] National       |
|    | enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if    |
|    | available) of other body:**                                     |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| *  | **Texts available from: \[   \] National notification           |
| *1 | authority, \[ X \] National enquiry point, or address, fax      |
| 3. | number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:**       |
| ** |                                                                 |
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# G/TBT/N/CHN/35

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| **[World Trade]{.smallcaps}**                    | *                 |
|                                                  | *G/TBT/N/CHN/35** |
| **[Organization]{.smallcaps}**                   |                   |
|                                                  | 13 November 2003  |
| # Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade       |                   |
|                                                  | (03-6097)         |
|                                                  |                   |
|                                                  | Original: English |
+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------+

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with
Article 10.6.

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| ** | **Member to Agreement     |   |                                 |
| 1. | notifying:** [THE         |   |                                 |
| ** | PEOPLE\'S REPUBLIC OF     |   |                                 |
|    | CHINA]{.underline}        |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **If applicable, name of  |   |                                 |
|    | local government involved |   |                                 |
|    | (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):** |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Agency responsible:**   |   |                                 |
| 2. | Standardization           |   |                                 |
| ** | Administration of the     |   |                                 |
|    | People\'s Republic of     |   |                                 |
|    | China (SAC)               |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **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:**             |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Notified under Article  |   |                                 |
| 3. | 2.9.2 \[** X **\], 2.10.1 |   |                                 |
| ** | \[ **  **\], 5.6.2        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], 5.7.1        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], other:**     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Products covered (HS or |   |                                 |
| 4. | CCCN where applicable,    |   |                                 |
| ** | otherwise national tariff |   |                                 |
|    | heading.\                 |   |                                 |
|    | ICS numbers may be        |   |                                 |
|    | provided in addition,     |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable):**      |   |                                 |
|    | Rapeseed oil              |   |                                 |
|    | ICS 67.200.10             |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Title, number of pages  |   |                                 |
| 5. | and language(s) of the    |   |                                 |
| ** | notified document:**      |   |                                 |
|    | China National Standard   |   |                                 |
|    | GB 1536-2002 Rapeseed Oil |   |                                 |
|    | ( 5 pages, in Chinese)    |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Description of          |   |                                 |
| 6. | content:** This National  |   |                                 |
| ** | Standard specifies        |   |                                 |
|    | requirements on           |   |                                 |
|    | definition,               |   |                                 |
|    | classification, technical |   |                                 |
|    | requirements, test        |   |                                 |
|    | methods, inspection       |   |                                 |
|    | rules, labelling,         |   |                                 |
|    | package, storage,         |   |                                 |
|    | transportation etc., for  |   |                                 |
|    | rapeseed oil.             |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Objective and           |   |                                 |
| 7. | rationale, including the  |   |                                 |
| ** | nature of urgent problems |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable:** For   |   |                                 |
|    | public health and safety  |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Relevant documents:**   |   |                                 |
| 8. | None                      |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Proposed date of        | } | To be determined                |
| 9. | adoption:**               |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Proposed date of entry  |   |                                 |
|    | into force:**             |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| *  | **Final date for          |   |                                 |
| *1 | comments:** 60 days after |   |                                 |
| 0. | the date of notification  |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| *  | **Texts available from:   |   |                                 |
| *1 | National enquiry point    |   |                                 |
| 1. | \[** X **\] or address,   |   |                                 |
| ** | telephone and fax         |   |                                 |
|    | numbers, e-mail and       |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available of the other    |   |                                 |
|    | body:      **             |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+