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Notifying Member: SENEGAL

If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Direction du Commerce Extérieur (Foreign Trade Directorate)

Ministère du commerce, du secteur informel, de la consommation, de la promotion des produits locaux et des PME (Ministry of Trade, the Informal Sector, Consumption, the Promotion of Local Products, and Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises)

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:

Association sénégalaise de normalisation, ASN (Senegalese Standardization Association)

21, Rte du Front de Terre X Bourguiba

Tel.: (+221) 33 827 64 01

BP:4037-Dakar

Email: isn@orange.sn

http://www.asn.sn/

Malick WILANE

Email: wilanemalick@yahoo.fr

Mamadou SANGARE

Email: sangarcheikh@yahoo.fr

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

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition where applicable): Sterilized packaging (ICS: 11.080.30)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Projet de norme: Emballages biodégradables - Sacs en papier petite et moyenne contenance - Spécifications et exigences (Draft Standard: Biodegradable packaging - Small- and medium- sized paper bags - Specifications and requirements) (10 pages, in French)

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Description of content: The notified draft Standard establishes the technical specifications for biodegradable paper bags to be used as packaging. It supplements the national regulations on packaging, namely Law 2015/09 of 21 April 2015 prohibiting plastic packaging with a thickness of less than 30 micrometres which is dangerous for the environment, by establishing the general characteristics and performance of and test methods for packaging.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Quality requirements; Protection of human health and life; Environmental protection

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Relevant documents: Law 2015-09 of 21 April 2015

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Proposed date of adoption: 12 May 2016

Proposed date of entry into force: The Standard will be subject to the relevant procedure prior to approval.

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Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification.

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/SEN/16_1813_00_f.pdf