WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.233
2June1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2292)
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): ThedraftOrder concerns
theuseofanimal fertilizer
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Order ontheUseof
Animal Fertilizer 1998 (12pages, English)
6. Description ofcontent: Thenotification pertains totherequirement contained inthe
Order touseanimal fertilizer onlywhen themethods described inAppendix IItothe
Order areapplied. Thisimplies thatanimal fertilizer hastobeapplied using equipment
which ensures therequired outcome.
7. Objective andrationale: Therequirement toapply animal fertilizer, asdescribed in
Appendix IItothedraftOrder, hasbeenincluded intheinterest ofsoilprotection. The
measure istaken onaccount ofammonia which isreleased during theuseofanimal
fertilizer, which mayleadtoleaching andaciddeposits. TheOrder alsoimplements EC
Council Directive No.91/676/EEC of12December 1991, governing theprotection of
waters against pollution caused bynitrates from agricultural sources (OJEC I375).
8. Relevant documents: Articles 6,7,15and65oftheSoilProtection Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Before 1December 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1January 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 22July1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: