G/TBT/N/LTU/24  
 
8 July 2014  
(14-3893)  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): Bread and bakery 
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 on the characterization, production and sales presentation of bread and bakery 
products (14 pages, in Lithuanian) 
6. Description of content: Technical regulation on the characterization, production and sale 
of bread and bakery products is designed to define and classify various bread and bakery products, to set the basic raw material used in the production also to identify general 
technological requirements, quality and safety indicators. In addition technical regulation 
sets out labelling, importation and marketing requirements for bread and bakery products. 
This regulation does not apply to bread and bakery 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, bread and bakery products are produced by optional technical 
documents: Lithuanian standards or corporate standards. These products are not covered 
by EU legislation. Therefore, quality and safety  indicators of bread and bakery products are 
highly variable and sometimes disadvantageous for consumers. The aim of the regulation - 
to set definitions of bread and bakery produc ts, to identify raw materials, safety and 
quality requirements of the production. Also , to set general technological requirements, 
define safety and quality indicators of the finished product, and common requirements of 
presentation.  G/TBT/N/LTU/24 
 
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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