WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.660
13October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4402)
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 ofHousing, Spatial Planning andtheEnvironment
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): TheNRB pertains to
soil-protecting provisions suchasfloors, hardened surfaces andsealing layers, industrial
sewers, above-ground tanks andancillary equipment formonitoring soilquality.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Dutch Guidelines on
Soil Protection intheCourse ofBusiness Activities (Dutch Abbreviation: NRB)
(Hereinafter Referred toasNRB) (available inEnglish)
6. Description ofcontent: TheNRB describes thestate-of-the-art ofsuitable soil-protecting
provisions andmeasures, tobeusedinarange ofbusiness activities. TheNRB outlines
towhat extent thetechnical feasibility andassessment ofliquid-proof provisions are
possible. TheNRB includes amethodology forchoosing andassessing thenecessary
soil-protecting constructions andmaterials.
7. Objective andrationale: Theneedonthepartofauthorities andindustry forclear and
simple information regarding plain, yethigh-quality soilprotection inbusiness activities
prompted thesetting upoftheNRB, asworded inNMP 1(action point 44).
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 20November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 21November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 19November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: