WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/GEN/N/23
19 December 2002
(02-7011)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2002
Note by the Secretariat
In the Second Triennial Review of the Operation and Implementation of the TBT Agreement
(concluded in November 2000), Members instructed the Secretariat to prepare a monthly list of
notifications.  The attached table contains a list of all notifications issued during the month ofNovember 2002, which includes a total of 19 notifications by 10 Members.This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own
responsibility and without prejudice to the positions of Members
and to their rights and obligations under the WTOG/TBT/GEN/N/23
Page 2Member Notification and
Date of CirculationArticle Product /Measure Objective Deadline for
comments
Brazil G/TBT/N/BRA/66
04/11/022.9.2 Textile products (HS Chapter 61, 62
and 63)Labelling requirements and
consumer’s protection25/11/02
Canada G/TBT/N/CAN/51
05/11/022.9.2 Psychotropic substances (ICS :
11.120)Protection of human health 25/11/02
G/TBT/N/EEC/20
21/11/022.9.2 Parathion-methyl (pesticide active
substance)Any period of grace for disposal,
storage, placing on the market and use
of existing stocks of plant protection
products containing parathion-methyl
allowed by Member State, in
accordance with the provisions ofArticle 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC
should be limited to a period no longer
than 12 months, i.e. 18 months from the
date of adoption20/01/03
European
Communities
G/TBT/N/EEC/22
26/11/022.9.2 Acephate (pesticide active substance) Any period of grace for disposal,
storage, placing on the market and use
of existing stocks of plant protectionproducts containing parathion-methyl
allowed by Member State, in
accordance with the provisions of
Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC
should be limited to a period no longerthan 12 months, i.e. 18 months from the
date of adoption25/01/03
G/TBT/N/JPN/57
07/11/022.9.2 Cosmetics (HS:  30.03, 33.04, 33.05,
33.06, 33.07, 34.01)To raise the level of safety of
cosmetics30/11/02 Japan
G/TBT/N/JPN/58
19/11/022.9.2 Fertilizer (HS: 3103, 3105) To establish or amend official
specification for fertilizers to meet thecurrent needs of farmers and keep up
with technological advance upon
request from manufacturers of
fertilizer22/01/03
Korea G/TBT/N/KOR/43
18/11/025.6.2 Cosmetics Health Not specifiedG/TBT/GEN/N/23
Page 3Member Notification and
Date of CirculationArticle Product /Measure Objective Deadline for
comments
G/TBT/N/NIC/12
05/11/022.9.2 Not specified Plant protection Not specified
G/TBT/N/NIC/13
05/11/022.9.2 Not specified Health and environmental protection Not specified
G/TBT/N/NIC/14
05/11/022.9.2 Not specified Protection of plant health 04/01/03
G/TBT/N/NIC/15
05/11/022.9.2 Not specified Protection of the environment and of
animal and plant health and prevention
of practices likely to mislead users04/01/03Nicaragua
G/TBT/N/NIC/16
05/11/022.9.2 Not specified Environmental protection Not specified
G/TBT/N/ZAF/20
14/11/022.9.2 Canned/Processed Vegetables (2002),
(2004), (2005)To facilitate the sale of canned
vegetables ica by setting technicalstandardized norms for canned
vegetables with regard to quality,
grading, packing and marking12/02/03
South Africa
G/TBT/N/ZAF/21
18/11/022.9.2 Wheaten flour and maize meal (HS:
1101.00/1102.20  ICS: 67.060)The regulations are in line with WHO
and UNICEF recommendations to
fortify foodstuffs with micronutrients
to reduce micronutrient deficiencies18/01/03
Spain G/TBT/N/ESP/21
29/11/022.9.2 All material and equipment forming
part of low-voltage electricalinstallations.The draft text has both a legal and
technical justification, since thecurrent regulations date from 1973,
and although they have been amended
on various occasions since then,
difficulties in their application make a
new and more detailed text necessaryNot specified
Sweden G/TBT/N/SWE/23
01/11/022.9.2 Not specified The new regulation has been prepared
as a result of a new Vehicle Act
(2002:574) and a new Vehicle
Ordinance (under notificationaccording to directive 98/34/EC)
which are being introduced in Sweden.10/01/03G/TBT/GEN/N/23
Page 4Member Notification and
Date of CirculationArticle Product /Measure Objective Deadline for
comments
G/TBT/N/SWE/24
01/11/022.9.2 Not specified The new regulation has been prepared
as a result of a new Vehicle Act
(2002:574) and a new Vehicle
Ordinance (under notificationaccording to directive 98/34/EC)
which are being introduced in Sweden10/01/03
Sweden
G/TBT/N/SWE/25
18/11/022.9.2 Construction material and products,
particularly concreteProvide regulations on structural for
types of works that are not regulated
other than by the law. Increase the
quality in the construction process.
Implementation of European standards29/01/03
United States G/TBT/N/USA/27
14/11/022.9.2 Hydraulic & Electric Brake Systems
(ICS 43) (HS Chapter 8703)Safety 30/12/02
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