WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.439
18September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3742)
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): Biocides.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Amendment tothe
1962 Pesticides Act.
6. Description ofcontent: Theessence ofthe1962 Pesticides Actistheprohibition ofthe
supply anduseofapesticide if,onthebasis ofprior research, ithasnotbeen
established thattheproduct isadequately effective andthatnoharmful effect willoccur
asaresult oftheapplication thereof. Forthispurpose, theActprovides forabanon
thesupply, having available orinstock, importing intotheNetherlands oruseof
non-approved pesticides (Article 2,paragraph 1)andalsoprovides forgeneral criteria
forapproval (Article 3).Iftheoutcome ofresearch intoapesticide forwhich approval
issought ispositive, itmaybeapproved fordelivery anduse. Theterm "pesticides"
covers both plant protection products andnon-agricultural pesticides (biocides)
(Article 1,paragraphs 1(f), (g)and(h)). Inprinciple, theActdoes notdistinguish
between these different products. Asaresult, themethodology andprincipal rules apply
tobothtypes ofproducts. Itconcerns anational approval system forpesticides. Asfar
asbiocides areconcerned, notification takes place inrelation tothefollowing provisions
which aretobeintroduced bylaw:
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6. Description ofcontent: (cont'd)
- Theapproval criterion: notharming unnecessarily thewelfare ofvertebrates to
becontrolled (Article 3,paragraph 1(a),Article 8);and
- thepossibility, byOrder inCouncil, toestablish principles forassessment and
further rules regarding approval criteria (Article 3(a),paragraph 1)(cf.Uniform
Principles/Common Principles).
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofanimal welfare.
8. Relevant documents: Pesticides Act1962. Regulation ontheApproval ofPesticides
(Article 19).
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:26October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 25October 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetimelimithavebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: