NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6
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Notifying Member: China If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2): |
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Agency responsible: China Food and Drug Administration 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 [ X ], 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): Drugs ICS: 11.120.10, HS: 30 |
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Good Agricultural Practice of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials (Draft) (24 page(s), in Chinese) |
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Description of content: Good Agricultural Practice of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials is the basic requirements for the production and quality control of Chinese medicinal materials, which applies to the whole process of planting, breeding or tending in traditional Chinese medicine enterprises. It consists of 14 chapters and 145 articles. The titles of chapters are general principles, quality management, institutions and personnel, facility instrument and tools, production bases and so on. Stability and controllability of the quality in the process of Chinese medicinal materials production is at the core in this practice, and the modern concept, consciousness and principle of risk management are also embedded in the whole process of Chinese medicinal materials production. |
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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health or safety |
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Proposed date of adoption: 1 June 2018 Proposed date of entry into force: 1 December 2018 |
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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: WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/CHN/18_0618_00_x.pdf |