. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.216
7 May 1999
(99-1871)
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 Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
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):  Lime fertilisers
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Regulation amending the
Fertilisers Decree 1977.
6. Description of content:  The Fertiliser Decree 1977 states among other things the types of
fertiliser that may be transported and sold and the requirements that these types of fertiliser
must meet.  Although this amendment, which focuses on lime fertiliser, is mainly a matter of
wording, it also modifies the content of a technical regulation on one of the sieve widths used
to determine the fineness of individual lime fertilisers:  it is no longer a case of measuring
lime fertiliser fineness using a sieve width of 0.15mm but of measuring it using a sieve widthof 0.160mm.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
With this amendment, the Netherlands implements Decree No. M(98)9 of the
Committee of the Ministers of the Benelu x Economic Union of 1 October 1998.  This
amendment anticipates a draft European Standard (CEN Standard), which already exists inthe form of a national standard in Germany (DIN; published as 4188 (1977)), the
United Kingdom (BSI; published as BS 410 ( 1976)) and in France (AFNOR; published as
NF X 11 501 (1970) and NF X 11 504 (1975)) within the meaning of Article 1, part 4 ofDirective 98/34/EC in conjunction with Annex II to this Directive.
8. Relevant documents:  Fertilisers Decree 1977;  Decree No. M(98)9 of the Committee of the
Ministers of the Benelux Economic Union of 1 October 1998 amending Decree No. M(77)15
of the Committee of the Ministers of the Benelux Economic Union of 8 December 1977
regarding intra-Benelux trade in fertilisers, lime fertilisers, organic soil-improving agents and
related products.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }19 June 1999          G/TBT/Notif.99.216
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10. Final date for comments:  18 June 1999          
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           