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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/376
25 August 2000
(00-3382)
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 NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
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):
- Sample collection tank and sampling equipment for defining the number of
inhabitant equivalents and pollution units in discharged effluent for the pollution
levy on national waters;
- the sample scoop, sample bottle and other requisites for sampling;
- equipment for analysing heavy metals in samples taken in order to define the
number of pollution units in effluent which is discharged for the purpose of thepollution levy on national waters.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Decree regulating the
application of Article 22 of the Act on pollution of surface water (Decree on the pollution
level of water taken in).
6. Description of content:   On the basis of the draft, the provisions in the Decree amending
the implementation decree on the pollution of national waters concerning the measuring,
sampling and analysis of effluent are also applicable in the implementation of Article 22 of
the Act on contamination of surface water for the pollution levies on national waters.  On
the basis of this Article, the pollution level as regards the oxygenbinding waste of theeffluent from smaller enterprises is defined on the basis of the table of effluent coefficients
contained therein.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The draft contains no further requirements ap plied to the sampling equipment, the sampling
requisites and analysis equipment other than a clarification of the prerequisites for a correct
definition of the number of pollution units with regard to the oxygenbinding waste of the
discharged effluent.  On the basis of Article 13, second paragraph, under b, of theimplementation decree on the pollution of national waters, the party liable for levies may
apply to use equipment which does not comply  with the provisions.  He must, however,G/TBT/Notif.00/376
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make it clear that a comparable result will be obtained with that equipment.  Therefore,
equipment which does not comply with the requirements of the provisions but nevertheless
provides a comparable result is approved.  This applies both to domestic and foreign
equipment.  The principle of mutual recognition is fulfilled by means of the above-
mentioned Article 13, second paragraph, under b.
8. Relevant documents:
- Act on pollution of surface water, Articles 22 and 23;
- Decree regulating the application of Article 22 of the Act on pollution of surface
water (Decree on the pollution level of water taken in);
- Decree amending the implementation decree on the pollution of national waters.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 January 2001
10. Final date for comments:   30 November 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           