. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ESP/25
27 October 2003
(03-5688)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SPAIN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:
Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs
National Institute for Consumer Affairs
Calle Príncipe de Vergara, 54
28071 MadridTel.:  (+34) 918 224 442
Fax:  (+34) 918 224 543
E-mail:  subdirección.ordenación@consumo-inc.es
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 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):   Permitted ranges of
nominal quantities for certain foodstuffs: soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages,
mineral waters, milk and milk-based beverages, juices, frozen products, ice-cream, canned
vegetables, butter and cheese.  Clarification of the situation with regard to the permittedranges for olive oil and olive-pomace oil and exclusion of the 10-litre range.  Inclusion of a
series of ranges for coffee extracts.  Elimination, with regard to industrial products, of the
existing ranges for cleaning, polishing and household products, cosmetics, and washing and
cleaning products.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Royal Decree
Amending Royal Decree No. 1472/1989 of 1 December 1989 Regulating the Ranges of
Nominal Quantities and Nominal Capacities Permitted for Certain Packaged Products(5 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This draft Royal Decree abolishes the existing ranges of nominal
quantities for the above-mentioned foodstuffs, clarifies the situation with regard to the
permitted ranges for olive oil and olive-pomace oil, includes a series of ranges for coffee
extracts and eliminates the ranges for the industrial products specified in point 4 above.G/TBT/N/ESP/25
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Respond to the request of a number of affected sectors for greater flexibility in the
market and for the situation to be brought into line with neighbouring countries, in the light
of the basic premise of ensuring the provisi on of consumer information on products which
differ in terms of quantity, and given the obligation laid down in existing price indicationlegislation to report the final price per unit of measurement of a product, inclusive of VAT
and all other taxes.
8. Relevant documents:
Royal Decree No. 1472/1989, of 1 December 1989, as amended by:
- Royal Decree No. 1780/1991 of 29 November 1991;
- Royal Decree  No. 151/1994 of 4 February 1994;
- Royal Decree No. 1202/1999 of 9 July 1999;
- Royal Decree No. 1194/2000 of 23 June 2000.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The day after  publication in the Official Journal.
Proposed date of entry into force:  First quarter of 2004
10. Final date for comments:   20 December 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body: