WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.182
1May1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1910)
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): ThisOrder isonthe
subject ofradish
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Exemption 1996/10
from theQuality Regulations (Radish) (2pages, available inEnglish)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepresent Order concerns anexemption from classification
anddesignation regulations relating totheclassification ofradish which arelaiddown in
the1977 PGF Order onQuality Regulations forFruit andVegetables. Instead, the
regulations which areincluded inthepresent Exemption Order should becomplied with.
Thecontents ofthisOrder conform totheExemption Order 1996/1 from theQuality
Regulations (Radish) which ceased toapply on1January last.
7. Objective andrationale: Inpractice, there isstillaneedtoclassify anddesignate Class I
radish inthewayregulated inthe1996/1 Quality Regulations (Radish). Thepresent
Order aims toallow these classification andindication regulations relating tothe
classification ofradish toremain valid until1July1997.
8. Relevant documents: Industrial Organization Act; theEstablishment Order governing
theCommodity Board forFruit andVegetables; 1977 PGF Order onQuality
Regulations forFruit andVegetables.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 28May1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 31May1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 12May1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: