. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ITA/16 
10 June 2010  
 (10-3180) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ITALY
  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministero dello sviluppo economico  
Name and address (including telephone 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 for economic development  
Department for Enterprise and Internationalization  General Directorate  for Market, Compe tition, Consumer, Vigilance and Technical 
Standardization Division XVIII – Technical standardization    
00187 Rome I – Via Sallustiana, 53   
Tel.:  +39 06 4705 5430 Fax:  +39 06 48 21 702  Email:  tbt.Italia@s viluppoeconomico.gov.it, 
vincenzo.correggia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it    European Commission TBT Enquiry Point:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int 
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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Textile, leather and 
footwear products 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:  Law on: "Provisions 
concerning the marketing of textile, leather and f ootwear products" (4 pages, in Italian).     
6. Description of content:  The law comprises 4 articles. Article 1 provides for the 
establishment of a system of compulsory labelling of finished products in the textile, leather 
goods and footwear sectors intended for final c onsumers, which enables them to receive 
adequate information on the processing undergon e by such products.  To implement the 
provision, Article 2 provides for the Minister  for Economic Development, in agreement 
with the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for European Policy, following notification pursuant to Directive 98/34/EC, to issue a decree establishing the 
features of the system for labelling and use of the "Made in Italy" mark, as well as the 
procedures for carrying out controls.  The same  article confers upon the Minister for Health, 
in agreement with the Minister for Economic Development, the task of adopting a regulation containing provisions designed to  guarantee high quality le vels for products and G/TBT/N/ITA/16 
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  fabrics on the market, including for the purpose of protecting human health and the 
environment. Article 3 identifies the penalties applicable to breaches of the provisions. Finally, Article 4 establishes that the measure s referred to in Articles 1 and 3 shall come 
into force on 1 October 2010. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Enactment of the law is necessary to provide a legal basis for preparing the draft implementing provisions to be submitted to the information procedure pursuant to Directive 
98/34/EC.  Establishment of the labelling system – which will enter into force on 1 October 2010 subject to adoption of the implementing provisions – is considered 
necessary to ensure that final consumers obtain adequate information on the processing undergone by the products they buy, also with re gard to the fact that – at every stage of the 
respective production process – all current employment, health and safety and 
environmental protection regulations have been observed.  
8. Relevant documents:   -   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      2010  
  October 2010  
10. Final date for comments:  9 August 2010 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
See box 2 
Text on line at:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/index_it.htm   
And can also be downloaded here: 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/ita/10_2326_00_x.pdf