. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NLD/51
19 September 2002
(02-4995)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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 Health, Welfare and Sports
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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):  Materials and articles
intended to come into contact with foodstuffs.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal to amend the
Packaging and Food-Utensils Regulation (Commodities Act) Official Gazette 1980 No. 18).
6. Description of content:  The present Regulation aims to adapt the Regulation as a result of
the inclusion in the Regulation of the new substances permitted in the Netherlands from 1
January 2000 to 1 January 2002. The title of Chapter I, section 2.4 will also be amended to:"Additives and polymerisation aids and/or their decomposition products which may still be
used at national level". Substances that have a direct effect on polymerisation, such as
inhibitors, initiators, catalysts, accelerators etc., are also included in this. In the list ofsubstances it is stated beside the relevant substance, if necessary, that the substance is a
decomposition product and not a permitted  substance.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The Packaging and Food-Utensils Regulation (Commodities Act) (Official Gazette 1980 No
180) aims, from a public health point of view, to specify permitted materials and substances
that come into contact with foodstuffs. The enclosed proposal, for the reason given inpoint 6, is an amendment of the permitted materials and substances.
8. Relevant documents:  The Packaging and Consumer Articles Decree (Commodities Act)
Bulletin of Act and Decrees 1979, 558.
9. Proposed date of adoption :    29 December 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  31 December 2002
10. Final date for comments:   17 November 2002G/TBT/N/NLD/51
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           