WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/119
10 March 2000
(00-0915)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   National Enquiry Point - EC WTO TBT Enquiry Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   High efficiency air
spraying equipment
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Regulation of the
Minister for Public Housing, Planning and Environmental Management Containing Rules
Concerning the Type Approval Inspection of Spraying Equipment and its Components
(Regulation on the Type Approval Inspection of Spraying Equipment, Decree on Volatile
Organic Substances Wms1)
6. Description of content:   Regulation of the Minister for Public Housing, Planning and
Environmental Management containing rules concerning the type approval inspection of
spraying equipment and its components (Regulation on the type approval inspection ofspraying equipment, Decree on volatile organic substances Wms1).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The regulation contains requirements for conducting type approval inspections for high
efficiency paint spraying equipment.  These requirements regard both the taking of
measurements and the conducting of the tests.  In the case of a spraying pistol that has a
dispersal rate of at least 72 per cent and a deviance of at most 2 per cent, type approval will
be granted on the basis of these requirements.
8. Relevant documents:
(a) Act on substances that are dangerous to the environment (Article 24);
(b) Decree on volatile organic substances Wms (Articles 3.1 to 3.4).
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 June 2000
10. Final date for comments:   20 April 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           