WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/NLD/11
18November 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-5075)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible:
Ministry ofAgriculture, Nature Management andFisheries
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Veterinary
medicinal products (8pages)
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: 1997 Decree ontheuseofseraand
vaccines
5. Description ofcontent: TheDecree contains aprohibition totreatanimals withlive
vaccines forcontagious animal diseases without exemption granted bytheMinistry of
Agriculture, Nature Management andFisheries (Section 2).Exemption shallonlybe
granted fortreatment withvaccines tobedesignated bytheMinister. Theprohibition
shallnotapply tothetreatment ofanimals withalivevaccine designated bythe
Minister foranimal diseases designated bytheMinister (Section 2,fourth paragraph).
TheDecree alsocontains aprohibition totreatanimals forspecified animal diseases
withinactivated vaccines andseraunless theMinister hasallowed theuseofspecified
inactivated vaccines andserabyanexemption (Section 3).
Finally, theDecree provides specific criteria tobemetbyvaccines against Aujeszky 's
diseases (Section 5).
6. Objective andrationale: Animal health protection
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [X].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents andlanguage(s) inwhich these areavailable: TheDecree wasbased
onSection 3,partf,oftheAnimal Health andWelfare Act,which laysdown thatby
orunder general order incouncil theMinister mayissue rules toidentify keepers of
specified animals fortheuseofsera, vaccines, antibiotics andchemotherapeutics. The
Decree hasbeenimplemented intworegulations, which arealsotobenotified:
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1. 1997 Regulation onanimal vaccines (inimplementation ofSections 2,fourth
paragraph, 3and5oftheDecree);
2. Regulation ontheestablishment ofa"gE-Aujeszky" standard serapanel and
Aujeszky vaccine examination (inimplementation ofSection 5oftheDecree);
9. Proposed date ofadoption: December 1997
10. Proposed date ofentry intoforce: December 1997
11. Final date forcomments: 4December 1997
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments:
12. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, telefax number andE-mail
address (ifavailable) ofother body: