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Notifying
Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and
7.2):
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Agency
responsible:
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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:
Please
submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov
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Notified
under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ],
5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other [X]: The FTC is soliciting comments about the
efficiency, costs, benefits, and regulatory impact of its Green Guides to
determine whether to retain, modify, or rescind them.
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Products
covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS
numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Environmental marketing claims; Technical product
documentation (ICS code(s): 01.110); Environmental protection (ICS code(s):
13.020); Home economics in general (ICS code(s): 97.020)
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Title,
number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing
Claims; (5 page(s), in English)
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Description
of content: Regulatory
review; request for public comment - Pursuant to its decennial regulatory
review schedule, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or
"Commission") requests public comment on its Guides
for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims ("Green Guides" or
"Guides").
The Commission is soliciting comments about the efficiency, costs, benefits,
and regulatory impact of the Guides to determine whether to retain, modify,
or rescind them. All interested persons are hereby given notice of the
opportunity to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the
Guides.
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Objective
and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer
protection; Protection of the environment
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Relevant
documents: 87 Federal
Register (FR) 77766, 20 December 2022; Title 16 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) Part 260:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-12-20/html/2022-27558.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-12-20/pdf/2022-27558.pdf
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to
the USA TBT Enquiry Point. Comments received by the USA
TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time on 21 February 2023 will be
shared with the regulator.
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Proposed
date of adoption: To
be determined
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined
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Final
date for comments: 21
February 2023
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Texts available from: National enquiry
point [ ] or address, telephone or fax numbers and
email and website addresses, if available, of other body:
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_0005_00_e.pdf
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