G/TBT/N/ARE/155 - Technical Barriers to Trade

0. Notification dates

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Revision

Date of submission

22/05/2013

Date of reception at CRN

23/05/2013

Date of distribution

27/05/2013

1. Notifying Member

Notifying Member

United Arab Emirates

If applicable, name of the local government involved

2. Agency/ies responsible

Agency responsible

Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology

Agency or authority designated to handle comments if different from above

P O Box: 2166 ;
Abu Dhabi ;
United Arab Emirates ;
Tel.: (+971) 2 403 2613 ;
Fax: (+971) 2 671 0999 ;
Email: esma@esma.ae ;
Website: http://www.esma.ae ;

3. Notified under article (Type of measure)

Notified Under Article

Technical Regulation (Article 2.9.2)

Technical Regulation - Urgent (Article 2.10.1)

Conformity Assessment Procedure (Article 5.6.2)

Other

Conformity Assessment Procedure - Urgent (Article 5.7.1)

Technical Regulation - Local Government (Article 3.2)

Conformity Assessment Procedure - Local Government (Article 7.2)

4. Products covered

Products (free text)

Labeling of prepackaged food stuffs.

Products (HS codes)

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Products (ICS codes)

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5. Notified document

Title

UAE GCC Draft of Technical Regulation for labelling of all prepackaged foods stuffs, (17 pages in Arabic, 14 pages in English) ;

6. Description of content

Description of content

This draft technical regulation is concerned with labelling ;
of all prepackaged foods and to requirements relating to the presentation ;
thereof. Items related to general requirements, Mandatory labelling of ;
prepackaged foods and presentation of mandatory information (items 4,5 and 7) ;
are compulsory. The remaining items are ;
voluntary.

8. Relevant documents

Description

GSO standard # 9/2007 for "Labelling of prepackaged food ;
stuffs".

CODEX STAN 1 for General ;
Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods.

Related notifications

9. Dates of adoption and entry into force

Proposed date of adoption

To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force

To be determined

10. Comments

Final date for comments

26/07/2013

60 days from the date of notification

Number of days from notification

Notification made with comment period

Comments Less than 45 Days

Comments between 45 and 59 Days

60 days and more as of distribution date

Not specified, Lapsed or stated as non-applicable

11. Full text of notified document

Text available from

Enquiry Point

Contact details

Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) ;
UAE TBT Enquiry Point ;
Tel.: (+971) 2 403 2657 ;
Fax: (+971) 2 671 5999 ;
E-mail: uaetbt@esma.ae ;
Website: http://www.esma.ae ;

Link to full text of notified document

Technical Barriers to Trade
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1. Notifying Member

2. Agency/ies responsible

3. Notified under article (Type of measure)

Notified Under Article

4. Products covered

5. Notified document

6. Description of content

7. Objective

8. Relevant documents

9. Dates of adoption and entry into force

10. Comments

Notification made with comment period

11. Full text of notified document

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Technical Barriers to TradeInformation Management System

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Notified Under Article

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