WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.467
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3891)
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): Capturing means for
killing birds, legrings forbirds
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: 1994 Birds Decree
6. Description ofcontent: The1994 Birds Decree, which corresponds tothenew1994
draft Avian Decree interms ofcontent, wassenttotheEuropean Commission on
8September 1994 inletter No.946. Itwassentasoneofthestatutory regulations in
implementation ofEEC Council Directive No.79/409/EEC of2April 1979 onthe
conservation ofwildbirds (OJEC L103). The1994 Birds draft Decree contains rules
withregard tothemeans bywhich birds maybekilled orcaptured, theaffixing ofrings
tobirds, theregistration ofbirds andavian licences. Inaddition tothose means for
capturing birds which havebeenbanned, pursuant toDirective No.79/409/EEC, aban
hasbeenimposed ontheuseofbullet cartridges which contain metallic lead. According
totheDutch Government, point 5oftheaforementioned draftDecree probably contains
technical requirements within themeaning oftheTBT Agreement. Anindicative
summary ofthetechnical requirements appears below:
- Article 1.1,Section f,andArticle 5.1: banonthepossession andtrade of
opaque netting;
- Article 7.1,Section b,and7.2: prescribed measures forlegrings ofcultured
birds.
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7. Objective andrationale: These measures arejustified inorder toprotect interests
relating toanimal lifeandhealth. Forthebenefit offoreign producers whosatisfy those
requirements, established inthecountry oforigin, aprovision relating tothemutual
recognition hasbeenadopted inArticle 11ofthe1994 Birds Decree.
8. Relevant documents: Articles 7,9,12and23ofthe1936 Birds Decree. With regard
totheconsequences ofthebanontheuseofleadshot, reference ismade tothe
Regulation of27February 1991 (Official Gazette 46),inwhich asimilar banwas
imposed forhunting.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 27October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 28October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 26October 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: