. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/298
29 June 2000
(00-2693)
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 NETHELANDS
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):   (Emission limits for)
combustion plants, comprising boiler plants, gas turbine plants, gas turbines and internal
combustion engines, and including the provisions for cleaning flue gas, which form part of
the installation.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Decree Amending the
Emission Limits (Combustion Plants) Decr ee (Environmental Management A) and
Amending the Emission Limits (Combustion Plants) Decree (EnvironmentalManagement B) (statutory amendments).
6. Description of content:   The Decree aims to amend the Emission Limits (Combustion
Plants) Decree (Environmental Management A) (herinafter: Bees A) and the Emission
Limits (Combustion Plants) Decree (Environmental Management B) (hereinafter: Bees B).
The Decree aims to restore an emission limit in the transitional structure for existing small,
natural gas-fired boiler installations.  The Decree also contains a few statutory amendments
(not in terms of content) to Bees A and B.  These amendments improve and clarify the rules
in a number of areas and bring a number of references to now obsolete legislation up-to-
date.  The following provisions may contain technical regulations: Article I, Section C(Amendment of Article 48(a) of the Bees A) and Article II, Sections A to D, inclusive
(Amendment of Article 48(a) of the Bees A) and Article II, Sections A to D, inclusive
(Amendment of the regulations 3.2.2(a), 4.2.1, 4.2.2. and 7.2 of part II of the appendix to
the Bees B).  Since the amendment relates to existing boiler plants, a provision on mutual
recognition of foreign boiler plants is not relevant.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The standards aim to protect the environment.
8. Relevant documents:   
- Article 8.40 of the Environmental Management Act;
- Article 8.44 of the Environmental Management Act;
- Emission Limits (Combustion Plants) Decree (Environmental Management A)G/TBT/Notif.00/298
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(Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 1998, 167);
- Emission Limits (Combustion Plants) Decree (Environmental Management B)
(Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 1998, 168).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 November 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2001
10. Final date for comments:   6 September 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           