WORLD TRADE G/TBT/N/TUN/14

2 August 2006
ORGANIZATION
(06-3712)

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: French

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated 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): Institut
National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle, INNORPI (National Institute
for Standardization and Industrial Property)

2. Agency responsible: Ministère du Commerce et de l'Artisanat de la TUNISIE (Tunisian

Ministry of Trade and Crafts)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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: INNORPI

3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: Order

approving Tunisian standards on raw milk for processing and fermented milk.

4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Raw milk for processing
and fermented milk.

5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Arrêté du MINISTRE
de l'industrie, de l'énergie et des petites et moyennes entreprises portant homologation des
normes tunisiennes relatives au lait cru destiné à la transformation et aux laits fermentés
(Order of the Minister of Industry, Energy and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
approving Tunisian standards on raw milk for processing and fermented milk); (10 pages, in
French).

6. Description of content: Standard NT 14.09 (2005) applies to fermented milk, including

heat-treated milk, condensed milk and compounds derived from these products.
Standard NT 14.141 (2004) sets out hygiene rules for the production of raw milk for
processing.

7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:

Health

8. Relevant documents: NT 14.141 (2004): raw milk for processing – specifications and
NT 14.09 (2005): fermented milk

9. Proposed date of adoption: 7 March 2006

Proposed date of entry into force: August 2006

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10. Final date for comments: 31 July 2006

11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
INNORPI
B.P. 57
Cité El Khadra
1003 Tunis
Tunisia
Tel.: (+216) 71 785 922
Fax: (+216) 71 781 563
E-mail: inorpi@email.ati.tn
(text available in French)