Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Albania - Organic processed food, feed and yeast

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: Albania

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

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Agency responsible: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

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:

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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): Organic processed food, feed and yeast

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft-decision of the Council of Ministers "On approval of detailed rules of production for organic processed food, feed and yeast"

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Description of content: This decision is intended to set out detailed rules for:

a)     production of food and animal feed, processed and organic;

b)     production of biological yeasts and their products.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: This decision is in line with the Law No. 106/2016 "On organic production, labelling of biological products and their control", and it aims to set out detailed rules regarding the process of production of food, animal feed processed or organic, and regarding the production of biological yeasts

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Relevant documents:

·        Law No. 106/2016 "On organic production, labelling of biological products and their control"

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Proposed date of adoption: Not decided yet

Proposed date of entry into force: Not decided yet

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Final date for comments: 70 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat

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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:

General Directorate of Standardization
WTO Enquiry Point - Albania
Tel.: +355 42 22 62 55
Fax: +355 42 24 71 77
E-mail:
info@dps.gov.al
http://www.dps.gov.al