G/TBT/N/LTU/25  
 
8 July 2014  
(14-3892)  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: 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 : 
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania 
Gedimino av. 19 
Vilnius Lithuania Telephone +370 (5) 2391171 
Fax +370 (5) 2391212 
E-mail: Agne.Gudaityte@zum.lt  
http://www.zum.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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable): Flour confectionery 
products (HS 1905). Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not 
containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical 
use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Technical 
Regulation of the Characterization, Production and Sales Presentation of Flour Confectionery 
Products (14 pages, in Lithuanian) 
6. Description of content: Technical regulation of the characterization, production and sales 
presentation of flour confectionery products is designed to define and classify various flour 
confectionery products and to set the basic raw material used in the production. Also, to 
identify general technological requirements, quality and safety indicators. In addition the 
technical regulation sets out labelling, importation and marketing requirements for flour confectionery products. The regulation does not apply to flour confectionery products that 
are manufactured using a special heat treatment technology - extruding.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Currently in Lithuania, flour confectionery products are produced by optional technical 
documents: Lithuanian standards or corporate standards. These products are not covered 
by EU legislation. Therefore, quality and safe ty indicators of flour confectionery products 
are highly variable and sometimes disadvantageous for consumers. The aim of the 
regulation - to set definitions of flour confectionery products, to identify raw materials, 
safety and quality requirements of the prod uction. Also, to set general technological 
requirements, define safety and quality indi cators of the finished product and common 
requirements of presentation.  G/TBT/N/LTU/25 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   13 December 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force:   13 December 2014   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
enquiry@lsd.lt