WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.173
29April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1853)
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: Bedrijfschap Frisdranken enWaters
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): Softdrinks andsyrups
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Second Amendment to
theImplementation Order onQuality Requirements forSyrups
6. Description ofcontent: Theobjective ofthesecond amendment totheImplementation
Order istorefer totheFood andDrugs ActOrder onFood Additives andthe
implementation regulations based thereon regarding theuseofadditives insyrups, rather
thanthecurrent reference tothe"Food andDrugs ActRegulation ontheUseofFood
Additives inSoftDrinks andSyrups".
7. Objective andrationale: Reference tothenewFood andDrugs ActOrder hasbecome
necessary because thespecific regulation forsoftdrinks hasbeenreplaced byageneral
regulation fortheuseofadditives which isbased ontheEUdirectives regarding
additives which have recently been transposed intoDutch legislation. Thepresent
amendment totheImplementation Order therefore brings theregulation andthe
Implementation Order regarding quality requirements forsyrups inlinewithcurrent EU
legislation.
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 24June1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1August 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 31May1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: