WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.469
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3895)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture, Nature Management andFisheries
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National enquiry point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Trawl-nets (fishing gear)
withanopening notexceeding 1.90m.inwidth
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation on
Exemptions forMussels andOther Fisheries
6. Description ofcontent: Pursuant toArticle 4oftheDecision onfishing, thefishing
zone, seaareaandcoastal waters, itisforbidden tofishinthefishing zone, seaareaor
coastal waters withanyfishing geardesigned tocatch mussels andstarfish. Pursuant to
Article 9ofthisDecision itisforbidden toplant outinthefishing zone, seaareaor
coastal waters oysters ormussels originating from waters other thantheaforementioned.
Thepresent scheme grants exemption from these fishing andplanting bans. Anumber
ofprovisions arelinked tothese exemptions. Forexample, fishing formussels and
starfish oroysters isonlypermitted using netswithanopening notexceeding 1.90m.in
width.
7. Objective andrationale: Toprotect theenvironment (maintenance offishing stocks,
environmental protection). Themeasures aretobeapplied without distinction to
products ofDutch andforeign origin.
8. Relevant documents:
-Decision onfishing, thefishing zone, seaareaandcoastal waters;
-Decree indicating theseaareaandcoastal waters 1970.
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9. Proposed dateofadoption: 27October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 28October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 26October 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: