. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BHR/215 
21 October 2010 
 (10-5472) 
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:  KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN
 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Standards & Metrology Directorate (BSMD) 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Spices and condiments – 
Fennel seed, whole or ground (powdered) – Part 1:   Bitter fennel seed (Foeniculum vulgare P. 
Miller var. vulgare) – Specification (ICS 67.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:  Spices and condiments 
– Fennel seed, whole or ground (powdered) – Part 1:  Bitter fennel seed (Foeniculum vulgare 
P. Miller var. vulgare) – Sp ecification (6 pages in Arabic, 6 pages in English). 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation spec ifies the requirements stated in 
the Gulf standard (GSO) – Spices and condiments – Fennel seed, whole or ground 
(powdered) – Part 1:  Bitter fennel seed (Foeniculum vulgare  P .   M i l l e r  v a r .  v u l g a r e )  –  
Specification – under clause 4.8 and 7 (packag ing and labelling) as mandatory requirements.  
The whole or ground (powdered) fennel shall be  packed in clean, sound and dry containers 
made of a material which does not affect the product and which protects it from moisture and 
from the loss of volatile matter. 
It also describes label requireme nts on the containers such as: 
– Name of the product and the trade name or brand name; 
– Name and address of the producer or packer; 
– Batch or code number; 
– Net mass; 
– Grade; 
– Producing country. G/TBT/N/BHR/215 
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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 05/FDS/ ISO 7927–1:  "Spices and condime nts – Fennel seed, whole or ground 
(powdered) – Part 1:  Bitter fennel seed (Foeniculum vulgare P. Miller var. vulgare) 
– Specification"; 
– ISO 7927–1:  "Spices and condiments – Fennel  seed, whole or ground (powdered) – 
Part 1:  Bitter fennel seed (Foeniculum vulgare P. Miller var. vulgare) – 
Specification". 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the notification date 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresse s, if available of the other body: