From February 1 import of goods without two-languages marking will be forbidden in Kazakhstan

/REUTERS Almaty office, Sep.08, 99/ - Public Relations Department of the Ministry of power, industry and trade informed that Kazakhstan has complied the request of importers and has deferred the interdiction of import of the goods without Kazakh and Russian marking from October 01 to February 01. "According to the numerous requests both importers and our manufacturers, terms of introduction of obligatory drawing of necessary information about the goods in Kazakh and Russian languages were changed: import of goods without indicated information will be forbidden from February 1, 2000, their sell - from April 1, 2000", - it is said in the press release. Such companies as Coca-Cola, Nestle, Wriggle, Feline Electronic, Unilever have applied with the request to defer the date. The change of the data is explained by rather big duration for the approval of design changes, translation of specifications into required languages and also by additional not scheduled companies' spending, the ministry marks. The marking in Kazakh (state) and Russian (official) languages should show the complete information about the goods: purpose, composition, application, storage condition and so on.