WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.319
2September 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3418)
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 ofHealth, Welfare andSports
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): Softdrinks bottles
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Commodity Acton
Strength Requirements forSoftDrinks Bottles, 5pages, available inEnglish
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft regulation specifies anumber ofinspection methods
regarding softdrinks bottles, inorder totestwhether thepackaging conforms tothe
safety requirements setforth intheCommodity Actonpressurized packaging.
7. Objective andrationale: Theregulation serves totranspose Article 8,second paragraph
oftheCommodity Actonpressurized packaging.
8. Relevant documents: Commodity Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 17October 1996
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 18October 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 16October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: