G/TBT/N/PAK/158  
9 February 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  PAKISTAN   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority  
WTO TBT National Enquiry Point  
PSQCA Complex, Gulistan -e-Johar  
Karachi, Pakistan  
Tel.: (+92) 21 99261878  
E-mail: tbt@psqca.com.pk   
Website: http://www.psqca.com.pk/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
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):  Olive Oil, 
Virgin and Refined and for Refined Olive – Pomace Oil PS: 5159; Animal and vegetable 
fats and oils (ICS 67.200.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Olive Oil, Virgin 
and Refined and for Refined Olive – Pomace  Oil PS: 5159 ICS No. 67.200.10 (12 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Pakistan Standard was adopted by the Pakistan Standards 
& Quality Control Authority; Standards Development Centre on 30 -03-2010 after the draft 
finalized by the Oil S eeds & their Allied Products Technical Committee had been approved 
by the National Standards Committee for Agriculture & Food Products.   
In the preparation of this standard, the views of the manufacturers, technologists and 
testing authorities, etc., have been taken into consideration.  
The assistance have been derived from CAC -33 is acknowledge with thanks.  
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this specification is 
complied with the final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or 
analysis shall be rounded off in accordance with PS: 103 for "Methods of Rounding off 
Numerical Values". The number of significant places retained in the rounded off value 
shall be the same as that of the specified value in this specification.  G/TBT/N/PAK/158  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This standard applies to virgin olive oil, refined olive oil, refined olive -pomace 
oil, blends of refined olive oil and virgin olive oil and blend s of refined olive -pomace oil 
and virgin olive oil; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat  
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority  
WTO TBT National Enquiry Point  
PSQCA Complex, Gulistan -e-Johar  
Karachi, Pakistan  
Tel.: (+92) 21 99261878   
E-mail: tbt@psqca.com.pk   
Website: http://www.psqca.com.pk/  
 
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