. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TUN/11 
6 July 2005 
 
 (05-2951) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   TUNISIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   Ministère du 
Commerce et de l'Artisanat  (Ministry of Trade and Crafts) 
2. Agency responsible:   Direction Générale de la Qualité et du Commerce Intérieur et des 
Petits Métiers et Services  (General Directorate of Quality, Domestic Trade, Small 
Enterprises and Services);  Direction de la Qualité et de Protection du Consommateur  
(Directorate of Quality and Consumer Protection) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
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):   Non-alcoholic beverages:  
fruit juices, vegetable juices, nectars and fla voured beverages (lemonade, aerated beverages, 
drinks made with fruit juices, energy dri nks, cordials) including milk beverages. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Arrêté Rrelatif aux 
Boissons Non Alcoolisées  (Order on non-alcoholic beverages)  (12 pages, in French and in 
Arabic). 
6. Description of content:   This draft Order establishes the definitions, designations and 
composition requirements for the products in question. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Revision of domestic regulations on non- alcoholic beverages (one order and one 
approved standard) in order to bring them into  line with existing international and European 
standards. 
8. Relevant documents: 
1. Proposal and basic document (with specific reference number or other 
identification) to which proposal refers: 
- Codex standards: 
•  "General Standard for Fruit Jui ces Preserved Exclusively by Physical 
Means Not Covered by Individual Standards" (CODEX STAN 164-1989); G/TBT/N/TUN/11 
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 8. Relevant documents:  (cont'd) 
•  "General Standard for Vegetable Juices" (CODEX STAN 179-1991); 
•  "General Standard for Fruit Nectars Preserved Exclusively by Physical 
Means Not Covered by Individual Standards" (CODEX STAN 161-1989); 
•  Specific standards:  Eight standards 
- Council Directive 2001/112/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to fruit juices 
and certain similar products intended fo r human consumption (Official Journal 
of the European Communities of 12 January 2002); 
- Ordonnance Suisse sur les Denrées Alimentaires, ODAI (Swiss Ordinance on 
foodstuffs) of 1 March 1995 (s tatus as at 23 November 1999). 
2. Publication in which proposal will appear  when adopted:  Official Journal of the 
Republic of Tunisia. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }Three months after publication in the Official 
Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days 
11. National enquiry point [ X ] or addre ss, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and 
Web site addresses, if available, of other body:  
Direction de la Qualité et de  Protection du Consommateur 
12 Rue de Royaume d'Arabie Saoudite 1002 TUNIS 
Tel.: (+216) 7178-0336 
Fax: (+216) 7179-9729