G/TBT/N/USA/1869  
23 May 2022  
(22-3921) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  State of 
Colorado  
2. Agency responsible:   
Department of Agriculture, Inspection and Consumer Services Division, State of Colorado 
[1898]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handl e comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [X], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Egg-
Laying Hens; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Farming and forestry (ICS 
code(s): 65.020); Meat, meat products and other animal produce (ICS code(s): 67.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Confinement of 
Egg-Laying Hens; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - The purpose of this rulemaking is to comply 
with the Act created by Colorado House Bill 20 -1343 by establishing rules concerning the 
regulation of the produ ction and sale of shell eggs and egg products, the inspection of 
farms, shell eggs, and egg products, and to ensure shell eggs and egg products sold in 
Colorado are produced in compliance with the Act.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of u rgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of animal or plant life or health  
8. Relevant documents:   
Code of Colorado Regulations eDocket 29 April 2022: 
https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/eDocketDetails.do?trackingNum=2022 -00223  
The Colorado Department of Agriculture will hold a hearing on 31 May 2022 at 2pm 
Mountain Time . In order to maintain a proper hearing record you are encouraged to pre -
register by completing this Google form . If you do not have access to Google you may 
send your name and telephone number to Jenifer.Gurr@state.co.us  Pre-registration is not 
required to participate in the hearing.  G/TBT/N/USA/1869  
 
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  Code of Colorado Regulations > 1200 Department of Agriculture  > 1202 Inspection and 
Consumer Services Division > 8 CCR 1202 -19 - Rules Pertaining to the Confinement of 
Egg-Laying Hens  
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 31 May 2022. Comments received by 
the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with 
the regulator if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  31 May 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_3586_00_e.pdf