. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BHR/214 
21 October 2010 
 (10-5471) 
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):  Fresh fruits and 
vegetables – Avocado (ICS:  67.080) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Fresh fruits and 
vegetables – Avocado (9  pages, in Arabic). 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation spec ifies the requirements stated in 
the Gulf standard (GSO) "Fresh fruits and ve getables – Avocado" under clause 5.2 and 6 
(packaging and labelling) as mandatory requirements.  
It specifies avocado fruits shall be suitable pack aging in order to ensure the protection of the 
product, and materials used within  container should be new, clea n, and with quality to avoid 
causing any external or internal damage of the product.  And it allowed to use material, particularly paper or stamps bearing the commer cial characteristics, provided that they are 
printing or labelling with non–toxic types of ink or glue. 
It also describes followi ng labelling requirements: 
– The nature of the product; 
– Containers for wholesale – each container should bear the following characteristics 
with letters grouped on the same side so th at the signs are not legible and indelible 
and visible from the outside, or in documents accompanying with the shipment.  
These properties should be shown on doc ument accompanying transported bulk 
commodities; G/TBT/N/BHR/214 
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  – Name and address of the source and / or replenisher and / or the sender; 
– The nature of the product:  the name of th e product if the conten ts were not visible 
from the outside; 
– Origin of the product:  country of origin, growing region or its name in the national 
or regional or local level; 
– Business profile such as category, size (expressed as minimum and maximum weight 
in grams) and the symbolic weight number a nd number of fruits if it is different from 
reference number. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:   
To maintain consumer protection and food safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
– GSO 05/FDS:  "Fresh fruits and vegetables – Avocado"; 
– CODEX STAN 197:  1995:  "Fresh fru its and vegetables – Avocado". 
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 addresses, if available of the other body: