G/TBT/N/LTU/23  
 
29 April 2014  
(14-2614)  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:  LITHUANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania  
Name and address (including telephon e 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 :   
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of  Lithuania, Gedimino av. 19 (Lelevelio str. 
6), LT-01103 Vilnius, Lithuania, phone +370 (5) 2391111, fax +370 (5) 2391212, e-mail 
zum@zum.lt , EU TBT Enquiry Point:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  National TBT Enquiry Point: 
enquiry@lsd.lt   
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):  Meat 
products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Draft Order 
of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania "On Approval of the Technical Regulation for Meat Products", (11 pages,  in Lithuanian and English). 
6. Description of content:  The draft defines the scope of this regulation, it is indicated 
that regulation will be applicable to meat products intended for direct consumption. The 
draft defines the meat products (sausages, small diameter sausages, sardelles, pastes, 
head cheese, roll, processed whole cut meat products, formed meat and other), the meat, the meat proteins, the protein substitutes of meat, meat products fillers, as well as it provides the meat processing techniques, the concepts and definitions used therein. 
The specific indicators of meat products composition and quality (content of meat 
proteins without collagen, fat, moisture, protein substitutes of meat and meat products fillers) are defined. According to above mentioned indicators the meat products are 
classified into highest, first and second sort. The requirements for safety, packaging and 
labelling are defined as well.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The national requirements in force were adopted by the Order of the 
Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Li thuania No 3D-560 “On the Regulation of Meat 
Products Quality” of 29 December 2003. This order stipulates that the meat products 
supplied on the Lithuanian market should conform to the general quality requirements 
described in Lithuanian standard LST 1919:2003 “Meat products”, according to which  meat products are classified into highest, first and second sort. Whereas this legal act 
was adopted before entry of Lithuania into European Union and it is still important for 
the consumers and producers, especially in absence of particular EU legal act or International standard on that subject, therefore it needs to be revised.  
8. Relevant documents:   - G/TBT/N/LTU/23 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not specified  Not specified  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:   
enquiry@lsd.lt