WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.442
18September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3745)
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): Anumber ofspecific
animals andplants.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Decree onprotected
native plant andanimal species.
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Decree isbased onarticle 22oftheNature
Conservation Act. TheDecree designated anumber ofanimal andplant species which
arethreatened withextinction intheNetherlands. Pursuant toarticles 23and24ofthe
Nature Conservation Act,abanisinforce, inter alia,forthepossession andtrading
withregard todesignated species. Thebansdonotapply tocultivated plants. Thisis
regulated intheExemption Regulation relating tocultivated protected plants.
7. Objective andrationale: TheDecree aimstoprotect plant andanimal species which are
threatened withextinction intheNetherlands.
8. Relevant documents: Articles 22uptoandincluding 25oftheNature Conservation Act
andExemption Regulation relating tocultivated protected plants.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 26October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 27October 1997
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10. Final dateforcomments: 25October 1997.
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetimelimithavebeenreceived from
other Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: