G/TBT/N/BHR/374
10 November 2014 
(14-6575)  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: KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible: Standards & Metrology Directorate (BSMD) 
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 Industry and Commerce 
P.O. Box 5479, Kingdom of Bahrain 
Tel: +973 17574880  Fax: +973 17530730 E-mail: bsmd@moic.gov.bh   
Website: http://www.moic.gov.bh   
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): Table olives (ICS: 
67.080.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Table olives (15 
pages, in English; 15 pages, in Arabic) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft technical regulation specifies the mandatory 
requirements of packaging, storage & labellin g which are stated in the Gulf Standard GSO 
"Table Olives" under clauses 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 & 9 respectively. They are illustrated as follows:  
• Olives shall be packed in hygienic, suitable, new, clean, sound and leak-proof 
containers made of materials which do not impart any foreign odour or taste to the 
olives, resistant to corrosion and do not react with the product contained therein. 
• Containers made of transparent materials shall not disguise the real appearance of 
olives. 
• In addition to the requirements of the Gulf Standard for Labelling of Pre-Packaged 
Foods, the following provisions shall applied and declared on the label: 
a) Olives type (green olives in brine - turning colour olives in brine - black olives in 
brine, etc.) 
b) Classification of olives according to style (whole olives - whole stoned olives - 
whole stuffed olives, etc.) 
c) Type of heat treatment used in preserving 
d) Olive size grading, in case where two or more adjacent sizes are packed 
together, the statement "mixed sizes" shall be declared, and in case where the size is ungraded, the statement "size ungraded" shall be declared. 
• The labelling and adjoining explanatory statements shall be written in Arabic and, 
where another language is used, it shall be alongside the Arabic. All the information provided in another language shall be identical with those written in 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
To maintain consumer protection and food safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
• GSO 222 "Table Olives" 
• Codex Standard CAC 66/1981 Revision 2013 "Table Olives" 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the notification date 
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:  
Ministry of  Indu stry and Commerce 
P.O. Box 5479 
Kingdom of Bahrain 
Tel: +973 17574880  Fax: +973 17530730 
E-mail: bsmd@moic.gov.bh   
Website: http://www.moic.gov.bh