. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ITA/17 
24 September 2010  
 (10-4866) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of the Interior 
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, Competiti on, 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;  E-mail:  tbt.Italia@sviluppoeconomico.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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Self-defence devices 
(sprays with an active ingredient no t intended to cause personal injury). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft regulation, 
pursuant to Article 3.32 of Law 94 of 15 July 2009 [Provisions in the field of public safety] 
(5 pages, in Italian) 
6. Description of content:  The text of the draft regulation comprises two articles.  Article 1 
identifies the requirements of the self-defence devices that fall within the scope of the 
provision and specifies that products that do not comply with such technical characteristics 
remain governed by special w eapons regulations.  Article 2 sets out rules concerning the 
instructions to be provided on the products and the related packaging, specifies which 
instructions may be contained on an illustrative leaflet inserted into the product packaging and 
refers to Articles 11 and 12 of Legislative Decree 206 of 6 September 2005 in relation to 
labelling and other provisions of the same legisl ative decree also related to product safety.  G/TBT/N/ITA/17 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Adoption of the regulation, provided for in La w 94 of 15 July 2009 on "Provisions in the field 
of public safety" is intended to remove the pr oducts in question, which are not intended to 
cause personal injury, from weapons legislation so  that they can be sold to the general public 
without applying the limitations and procedures pr ovided for in special weapons legislation.  
The text results from the amendment of the draft corresponding to notification 2009/0596/I as 
specified by Italy during the written consultati on undertaken in relation to said notification.  
8. Relevant documents:   The basic texts have also been referred to in the context of notification 
number G/TBT/N/ITA/12 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }November 2010 
10. Final date for comments:  8 November 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:  Text on line at:  
http://ec.europa.eu/enter prise/tris/index_it.htm  
And can be downloaded at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/ITA/10_3508_00_x.pdf