WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.731
1December 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-5278)
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 shall be
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): Treated andprocessed
animal fertilizer, sewage sludge, compost andblack soil
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Decree
Governing Rules Regarding theAdministration Under theFertilizer Act(Decree on
Administrative Duties Under theFertilizer Act)
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Decree forms partofthenewsystem ofregulating
mineral levies which istobelaunched on1January 1998. ThedraftDecree, insofar as
relevant here, regulates theinspection regarding theproduction, delivery andtransport
ofanimal fertilizer andother organic fertilizer. Animal fertilizer is:fertilizer or
products which comprise excrements, either wholly orinpart, oftheanimal species
listed inAppendix AtotheFertilizer Act.Other organic fertilizer issewage sludge,
compost andblack soil(amixture ofsoilcomponents andprocessed organic fertilizer).
Certain categories ofcompanies areobliged tokeep alog. Animal andother organic
fertilizer cannot betransported ordelivered without adelivery note. Thepurport ofthe
Decree istocreate transparency andenable thesaleofanimal andother organic
fertilizer tobemonitored. Under thesystem ofregulating mineral levies, animal
fertilizer must, incertain cases, besampled andanalyzed interms ofitsphosphate and
nitrogen content. Thisinformation cannot -forlogistical reasons -beindicated onthe
delivery note. Ifanalyzed animal fertilizer isdelivered, thesupplier andbuyer mustkeep
aquarterly log,inaddition todrafting adelivery note, suchlogcontaining additional
information regarding theloads ofanimal fertilizer -suchasresults ofanalysis -which
havebeensupplied byortothem intherelevant quarter.
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7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Delivery notes areadministrative documents which helpthegovernment togainan
insight intoandmonitor thesaleandtransport ofanimal andother organic fertilizer.
Thetransport ofanimal andother organic fertilizer must beaccompanied byacopy of
thedelivery note. Thesupplier andbuyer shall eachkeepacopy ofthedelivery note
foradministrative purposes; onecopy isneeded forthecentral organisation. The
supplier orbuyer shallindicate inthequarterly logtheloads ofanimal fertilizer supplied
byortohim. Thisinformation isrequired toinspect thedeclaration under thesystem of
regulating mineral levies.
8. Relevant documents: Articles 6and19oftheFertilizer Act, Appendix Atothe
Fertilizer Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1January 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 31December 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: